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Warwick Flags At Half-Staff Honor Bob Leavitt

[CREDIT: Mayor Frank Picozzi] Bob Leavitt, pictured here at the sign marking Bob Leavitt Trail, which he helped build, in Warwick City Park.

[CREDIT: Mayor Frank Picozzi] Bob Leavitt, pictured here at the sign marking Bob Leavitt Trail, which he helped build, in Warwick City Park. City flags will fly at half-staff to honor Leavitt.
[CREDIT: Mayor Frank Picozzi] Bob Leavitt, pictured here at the sign marking Bob Leavitt Trail, which he helped build, in Warwick City Park. City flags will fly at half-staff to honor Leavitt.
WARWICK, RI — In Warwick City Park, a road bears the name of Bob Leavitt, one of the many ways the heavy equipment operator left his mark on the city.

Leavitt, 80, died Sept. 19, 2024, surrounded by his daughters. He was the husband of the late Ann (Muto) Leavitt, who he met when he was six years old, for 57 years.

The lifelong Warwick resident worked for the City of Warwick for 34 years as a foreman/heavy equipment operator building roads, parks, ball fields, and the bike path.

Bob Leavitt Trail in Buttonwoods City Park, one of the streets he helped build, was named after him in 2022.

“The city has lost a great guy that we all loved, Bob Leavitt,” Mayor Frank Picozzi remarked on his Facebook page Monday, calling Leavitt a ‘legend.’

“He was a very talented operator and played a vital role in many city construction projects including the site work for the pool, skating rinks, ballparks and much, much more.

Bob loved his family and the guys that he worked with and trained. He loved to show the photo albums he kept over the years of all the projects that he had a hand in, and all of the “kids” that he trained, almost all of them are retired now. Rest in peace Bob, we all love you and you made your mark in this city,” Picozzi wrote.
City flags will fly at half staff through his interment.

Bob Leavitt Funeral Arrangements

Bob’s funeral will be held Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 9 a.m. from the Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Home, 2435 Warwick Ave., Warwick, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Kevin Church, 333, Sandy Lane, Warwick, according to Leavitt’s obituary on Legacy.com.
Burial will follow in Pawtuxet Memorial Park, Warwick. Visiting hours will be held today, Tuesday 4-7 p.m..
In lieu of flowers donations in his honor may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Rob Borkowski
Author: Rob Borkowski

Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at [email protected] with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.

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