Horse Drawn Casket for Cianci Former Mayor of Providence

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Cianci's body will travel by horse-drawn carriage during procession
After the Mass, the funeral procession will travel to the Arch on Atwells Avenue and along the length of Federal Hill, where, according to the statement announcing the plans, "those wishing to provide Buddy with a final salute and cheer may wish to line Atwells Avenue."

PROVIDENCE — Plans for the Monday memorial ceremonies for Vincent A. ‘Buddy’ Cianci Jr. will include horse drawn carriage procession from City Hall to a 10 a.m. service at SS Peter and Paul Cathedral.

The schedule calls for Cianci’s flag-draped casket to be carried from City Hall at about 8 a.m past members of the Providence Police and Fire Departments lining the steps on Dorrance Street.

The casket will be placed on a horse-drawn carriage and the procession, accompanied by the Providence Police Department’s Mounted Command, will travel from City Hall to Weybosset Street, passing by the Providence Performing Arts Center to Broad Street, arriving at the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral.

At 10 a.m. 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 will be Dr. Jay Turchetta, Todd Turchetta and Dr. Brad Turchetta, Cainci’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.

After the Mass, the procession will travel in a hearse to the Arch on Atwells Avenue and along the length of Federal Hill, where, according to the statement announcing the plans, "those wishing to provide Buddy with a final salute and cheer may wish to line Atwells Avenue."

The procession will then travel through Olneyville and Silver Lake, where Buddy grew up, to St. Ann’s Cemetery in Cranston.

—jhill@providencejournal.com