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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026

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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 ANNA CASALE

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Kazarian,
Kennedy, Ackerman, J. Lombardi, Ajello, Cotter, and Serpa

     Date Introduced: March 17, 2026

     Referred To: House read and passed

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

Casale at the age of 98. Mrs. Casale was the loving wife of the late John Casale, Jr., for 68 years;

and

     WHEREAS, Anna Casale was the daughter of the late Francesco and Oranato Ruggieri.

She attended Cranston public schools and graduated from Cranston High School. Mrs. Casale

was a woman of deep faith and a devout Catholic. She was a parishioner of St. Mary’s Church her

entire life; and

     WHEREAS, Anna Casale was a devoted wife and mother and was the beloved matriarch

of her family. She was a woman of incredible wisdom, love, compassion, strength and resilience.

She dedicated her life toward raising her family of ten children and strove tirelessly to create a

warm, nurturing and loving home, a place where her children could put together the building

blocks of a successful life; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Casale was the rock that held everything together for her family. Every

day she provided her family with unconditional love and taught them the important values of

love, unity and perseverance. Mrs. Casale will be sorely missed, but her legacy of love will live

on forever within the hearts and memories of her loved ones and countless friends; and

     WHEREAS, Anna Casale leaves behind her children, Alan, John III, Stephen, Thomas,

Charles, Linda Newsham, Jeanne Garafano, Anne Caruso, and Maria Casale, as well as her 20

grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. Anna Casale was preceded in death by her husband,

John Casale, Jr., her son James, his wife Dawn, her son-in-law Ronald Garafano, Sr., her brothers

Peter and Nicholas Ruggieri, and her sisters Mary Casale, Josephine Pursche, and Gilda Narcisi;

now, therefore be it

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

expresses its deepest condolences to the Casale Family on the passing of Anna Casale; and be it

further

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

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the family of Anna Casale.

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