Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Rudolph and Phyllis (Pepper) Cianci.
Brenda loved collecting teddy and grizzly bears but most of all she cherished her grandbabies.
She was the mother of Danny O’Brien and his fiancé Becky Snyder, David O’Brien and his wife Rebecca, April Rose and her husband Robert and Davida Colantuoni; grandmother of David, Jr., Michaela, Hailey, Lucas, Sofia, Hayden, Logan, Louis, Brooklyn and Danny, Jr. and sister of David, Michael and Steven Cianci and the late Linda Lucchetti.
Her funeral with visitation will be held Thursday at 9:00 am from the ROMANO FUNERAL HOME, 627 Union Avenue, Providence, followed by a service at 10:30 am in the funeral home. Burial will be private.
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