Final Details Released Regarding Buddy Cianci's Visiting Hours & Funeral

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Thursday, February 04, 2016

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Buddy Cianci, photo courtesy of Richard Mccaffrey

Former Mayor Vincent A. Cianci, Jr., will lie in repose outside of the Mayor’s Office on the second floor of Providence City Hall from noon to 6 P.M. on Saturday, February 6 and Sunday, February 7. Those wishing to pay respects will enter the building through the Washington Street door of Providence City Hall.

The public is asked to arrive early, to avoid a possible long wait for entrance. Parking will be available at the Providence Place mall and the Rhode Island Convention Center garages.

Providence City Hall is handicapped accessible.

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Funeral Proceedings

On Monday, February 8, at approximately 8 A.M., former Mayor Cianci’s casket, draped in the American Flag, will be carried down City Hall’s front steps on Dorrance Street. Uniformed members of the Providence Police and Fire Departments will line the steps and salute Buddy in his final departure from City Hall. The casket will be placed on a horse-drawn carriage as a procession, accompanied by the Providence Police Department’s Mounted Command, instituted by Mayor Cianci, will travel from City Hall to Weybosset Street, passing by the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), to Broad Street, arriving at the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral. At 10 AM, a Mass of Christian Burial, presided over by the Very Reverend Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, will be held.

The pallbearers are as follows: Dr. Jay Turchetta, Todd Turchetta and Dr. Brad Turchetta, Buddy’s nephews; Joseph R. Paolino, Jr., Mayor of Providence, 1984-1991; Sgt. Steven Courville, Providence Police Department; Manuel Vieira, former head of the City’s Communications Department; former Chief of Staff Artin Coloian, former personal assistant Robert Lovell, former Director of Constituent Affairs, Scott Millard, and former member of the Mayor’s staff Rick Simone.