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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Mary Caprio on the
4occasion of her 90th birthday on May 23, 2019; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Mary Caprio is a lifelong resident of Chicago's
6Southwest Side and a graduate of Chicago's Gage Park High
7School; her love for and knowledge of her community are
8unmatched; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Mary Caprio met the man who would become her
10husband, Tony Caprio, while shopping at his shoe store at 63rd
11and Pulaski; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Over more than 50 years of marriage, Mary Caprio
13and Tony operated Caprio's Shoes at that same location,
14becoming a fixture in the community; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Mary Caprio and Tony developed long-lasting
16relationships within the community and through the store, where
17clientele ranged from neighbors to international celebrities,
18including musicians Lawrence Welk and Guy Lombardo and Nobel
19Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi; polio victims who were
20outfitted at Caprio's Shoes with special shoes designed to aid
21with balance continued to return and visit the store decades

 

 

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1later; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Mary Caprio is celebrating her 90th birthday with
3her niece and goddaughter Barbara Stark and many other loved
4ones; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
6HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7we join with friends and loved ones in congratulating Mary
8Caprio on her 90th birthday; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to Mary Caprio as a symbol of our respect and esteem.