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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Joseph | ||||||
| 4 | Anthony "Joe" Perrino; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, At the age of 16, Joe Perrino started in the | ||||||
| 6 | family's restaurant business, the Home Run Inn in Chicago, | ||||||
| 7 | aptly named after a home run from a nearby baseball game was | ||||||
| 8 | hit through the tavern's window; after graduating from Lewis | ||||||
| 9 | University in 1975, he joined fulltime; in 1981, he headed up | ||||||
| 10 | an expansion project, bringing the restaurant to its current | ||||||
| 11 | 550-seat capacity; over the years, the Home Run Inn has | ||||||
| 12 | expanded to nine locations in Chicago and the suburbs, and its | ||||||
| 13 | frozen pizzas can be found in retail grocery stores throughout | ||||||
| 14 | 35 states; Home Run Inn pizza is Chicago's number one selling | ||||||
| 15 | frozen pizza brand; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Joe Perrino served as CEO of the Home Run Inn | ||||||
| 17 | Group and the Home Run Inn Foundation; he was managing partner | ||||||
| 18 | of
Power Play Distributors and Home Run Inn's real estate | ||||||
| 19 | division; he coordinated Home
Run Inn's Family Advisory Board; | ||||||
| 20 | he was a co-founder and secretary of Burr Ridge Bank and Trust, | ||||||
| 21 | where he was also ALCO
Chairman and Board Credit Committee | ||||||
| 22 | Member; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Joe Perrino was also a member of numerous | ||||||
| 2 | charitable and trade organizations, including the Loyola | ||||||
| 3 | Family
Business Advisory Board, where he served as chair of the | ||||||
| 4 | Loyola Family Business Counsel, the Loyola Board of
Regents, | ||||||
| 5 | and the Lewis University College of Business Board; he served | ||||||
| 6 | as chairman of the Illinois Restaurant
Association, chairman of | ||||||
| 7 | the Management Association of Illinois, and president of the | ||||||
| 8 | National Frozen
Pizza Institute; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Joe Perrino was recognized by Lewis University in | ||||||
| 10 | 2006 with the Distinguished Alumni Award, and
again in 2009 | ||||||
| 11 | with the Adam Smith Award; in 2011, he was honored with the | ||||||
| 12 | Excellence in Business Award by
the Italian American Chamber of | ||||||
| 13 | Commerce; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Joe Perrino was preceded in death by his parents, | ||||||
| 15 | Nicola and Loretta Perrino, and many nieces and nephews; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Joe Perrino was the beloved husband of Kathleen S. | ||||||
| 17 | (Westergaard); the loving father of Gina (Sean) Bolger, Nick | ||||||
| 18 | (Christina) Perrino, and Renee (Paul) Storie; the cherished | ||||||
| 19 | grandfather of Lexi, Sammie and Seany Bolger, Joey, Mikey, | ||||||
| 20 | Lily, and Anthony Perrino, and Logan Storie; and the dear | ||||||
| 21 | brother of Lucretia (Dan) Costello and Marilyn (John) Carlson; | ||||||
| 22 | therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | mourn the passing of Joseph Anthony "Joe" Perrino, and extend | ||||||
| 4 | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | ||||||
| 5 | knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the family of Joe Perrino as an expression of our | ||||||
| 8 | deepest sympathy.
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