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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 CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF JEANETTE RESTIVO

     Introduced By: Representatives Corvese, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Azzinaro, Dawson,
Bennett, Casey, Hull, J. Lombardi, and Place

     Date Introduced: March 06, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

passing of Jeanette Restivo of North Providence. She was the beloved wife of the late Edmund

Restivo; and

     WHEREAS, Jeanette Restivo, fondly known to family and friends as Jean, was born in

1937, a daughter of the late Cosmo and Felicia Lamantia, themselves Italian emigrates who came

to the United States from Italy in the 1920s; and

     WHEREAS, In 1955, Jean met Edmund Restivo who quickly, after a short courtship,

became the love of her life. They wed and together raised six wonderful children who were

brought up surrounded by the deep love and nurturing provided by their immediate and extended

family; and

     WHEREAS, Jean Restivo spent much of her life immersed in the vibrant Italian-

American communities of North Providence, and Providence, where she and her husband raised

their children. Thanks to Jean's outgoing magnetic personality and warmth and generosity of

spirit, her home became a beacon for her many friends and good neighbors. Jean always dazzled

people with her cooking skills, but for her, food was much more than tasty nourishment. Her food

was also good for the soul as it served as an effective way to bring people together for good

conversation or for comfort in times of hardship; and

     WHEREAS, As word spread about Jean's incredible cooking skills, it became inevitable

that a cookbook, or rather five cookbooks, would get published. The first cookbook was titled

Cucina di Nonna, “My Grandmother’s Kitchen”, a cookbook filled with recipes Jeanette inherited

from her mother, children, friends and those she created on her own. In between discussing her

recipes in the book, Jean tells wonderfully illuminating stories about the many fond memories she

had about her family life; and

     WHEREAS, Jeanette Restivo leaves behind five children, sons Edmund A. Restivo, Jr.,

and his wife Susan, Thomas M. Restivo, and his wife, Claire, and daughters, Teresa P. Eagan, and

her husband, Thomas, Jean F. Monti and her husband, Steven, and Susan M. Craven and her

husband, our colleague, the Honorable Robert E. Craven, Sr., Jean also leaves behind her sisters,

Mary Piccirillo and Doreen Pelagio, thirteen grandchildren, Alaina, Michael, Christopher, Jon,

Nicholas, Daniel, Amanda, Alexander, Matthew, Laura, Robert, David, and Joseph, and

seventeen great-grandchildren. Jeanette Restivo was predeceased by her brother, John Lamantia,

and her son, John M. Restivo; now, therefore be it

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

expresses its deepest condolences to the Restivo Family on the passing of Jeanette Restivo; and

     RESOLVED, The Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to transmit

duly certified copies of this resolution to Edmund A. Restivo, Jr., Thomas M. Restivo, Teresa P.

Eagan, Jean F. Monti, and Susan M. Craven.

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