Longtime Warwick City Councilman Gallucci Passes Away

Longtime Warwick City Councilman Gallucci Passes Away

Longtime Warwick City Councilman Joe Gallucci has passed away.

Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi posted a tribute to Gallucci, who represented Ward 8. 

Tribute to Gallucci

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Picozzi shared the following. 

"Today Warwick lost a legend in our city’s government. Joseph (Joe) Gallucci passed away last night. 

Joe served as clerk of the board of canvassers, Director of the Department of Human Services and his stalwart position representing Ward 8 – a post he held three separate times from 1977 to 1984, from 1990 to 1994 and then again from 2015 until his final year in 2018. 

Gallucci also worked at the department of business regulations for the state of Rhode Island and is on the board of the Kent County Water Authority. He is a veteran of the Rhode Island Army National Guard.

Everyone that’s been around the city government has a Joe Gallucci story that they’ll remember fondly. I knew Joe for many years. He was soft spoken but spoke eloquently and in an authoritative manner that compelled people to listen. He was always impeccably dressed and his hair coiffed perfectly.

Several days after I was elected Joe sent me a beautiful fruit basket and enclosed a letter. In the letter he said that he had voted for me and that he had always believed and said that an Italian-American could never get elected in Warwick. He said he and his family were so proud of me for being the first.

Tomorrow I’m going to order all city flags to be flown at half staff until after his funeral.

Rest In Peace Joe."

Photo: Warwick City Hall, Creative Commons, Kenneth Zirkel