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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF EDMÉE PARISI

     Introduced By: Senators Dimitri, Ruggerio, Lawson, and Tikoian

     Date Introduced: April 08, 2025

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Edmée

Parisi, of Johnston. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Anthony Parisi, son, Thomas

Parisi and sister, Lorraine Champagne; and

     WHEREAS, Edmée Parisi was raised in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of the late

Leonce and Marie Champagne. Mrs. Parisi attended Visitation School, St. Barnabus High School,

and graduated from Hunter College. She married her husband, Anthony, in 1954, and they lived

in Newport News, Virginia, Mount Vernon, New York, and White Plains, New York, before

settling in Simsbury, Connecticut, where she provided a warm, nurturing and loving home as she

and her husband raised their six children; and

     WHEREAS, Tragically, Mrs. Parisi’s husband, Anthony, died in 1968. After his death,

Mrs. Parisi and her children moved to New Rochelle, New York, where she worked tirelessly on

a daily basis to provide for her family as a travel agent, secretary for Holy Family Catholic

Church, and as a clerk for the New Rochelle Police Department, until her retirement in 2010; and

     WHEREAS, In her free time, Mrs. Parisi enjoyed listening to classical music, gardening,

reading, visiting museums, and spending time with her beloved cat. The most important activity

in her life was spending time with her family. Mrs. Parisi was also a woman of deep faith and

attended Holy Family Catholic Church; and

     WHEREAS, Edmée Parisi leaves behind her children, Michael Parisi, and his wife,

Kimberly Gallagher, Julia Parisi, and her husband, Kenneth Highland, Clelia Parisi, James Parisi,

and his wife, Rosemarie, and Camille Fieseher and her husband, Stephen. Edmée Parisi is also

survived by Thomas’s widow, Teresa Parisi. Edmée Parisi also leaves behind her grandchildren,

Anthony Parisi, and his wife, Tracey, Christina Teear, and her husband, Jack, Danielle

Goldsmith, and her husband, Ian, Stephanie Fieseher, Michael Fieseher, Joshua Fieseher, and

Talia Parisi. Edmée Parisi is also survived by her 14 nieces and nephews; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode hereby expresses its deepest

condolences to the Parisi Family on the passing of Edmée Parisi; 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 the Parisi Family.

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