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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF ANTHONY V. ARICO

     Introduced By: Representatives Speakman, Boylan, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Knight,
Corvese, McNamara, Chippendale, Tanzi, and Ajello

     Date Introduced: January 28, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this House of Representatives has learned of the

passing of Anthony V. Arico. He was the beloved husband of Joan G. Arico, and the devoted

father of Janice Rosa and her husband, William Rosa, Esq., Laureen Lewis and her husband,

Joseph A. Lewis, Jr., and our esteemed colleague, Rhode Island Legislative employee Anthony P.

Arico; and

     WHEREAS, Anthony V. Arico was a Barrington High School graduate where he was a

stellar pole vaulter. He was an avid jogger his entire life who highly valued being of strong mind

and body throughout his life. He also attended the Extension Division of the University of New

Hampshire. Mr. Arico served our nation with honor and distinction as a four-year member of the

United States Air Force, serving in Tripoli, Libya, and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with the

Strategic Air Command; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Arico was a dedicated public servant. He had a distinguished thirty-year

career as the Deputy Director of the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation, and served

as the Acting Director when there was a change in administration. Mr. Arico also served with

distinction as one of the original members of the Bristol County Water Authority, the Barrington

Zoning Board, and the Barrington Charter Commission. He was also twice selected to be the

Principal Speaker of the Town of Barrington’s Memorial Day Observance; and

     WHEREAS, Anthony V. Arico served as the Chairman of the Barrington Democratic

Town Committee in the 60s and 70s when the Town was a Republican stronghold, and Mr. Arico

was given much of the credit for changing the political complexion of the Town. In later life, he

held the honor of being the Barrington Democratic Town Committee Chairman Emeritus. Mr.

Arico also served on the Barrington Committee for 60 years and the Democratic State Committee

for 38 years; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, and his children, Mr. Arico leaves behind his

grandsons Joseph A. Lewis, III, and his wife, Joanna, and John J. Lewis and his fiancée Marea

Carangelo, and one granddaughter, Jessie Elliott. Mr. Arico also leaves behind his three great-

grandsons, Luke and Sammy Lewis, and Lawson Fitzsimmons, his brother, Daniel J. Arico, and

his wife, Meredith, as well as several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Mr. Arico

was predeceased by his brother Vincent A. Arico; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode island hereby

expresses its deepest condolences to the Arico Family on the passing of Anthony V. Arico; and

be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Joan G. Arico and Family.

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