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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Peter Ferro, Sr. of Joliet, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on May 11, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Peter Ferro, Sr. was born in Joliet to Mary and | ||||||
| 6 | Biaggio Ferro
on July 11, 1923; he attended McKinley Grade | ||||||
| 7 | School and Joliet Township High School; after high school, he | ||||||
| 8 | began his construction career as a water boy with | ||||||
| 9 | Powers-Thompson Construction Co.; he served in the United | ||||||
| 10 | States Army as a Staff Sergeant during World War II in Burma, | ||||||
| 11 | where he was a combat engineer, building roads and bridges; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Peter Ferro, Sr. returned home from the war and | ||||||
| 13 | continued his career with Powers-Thompson Construction | ||||||
| 14 | Company; in 1964, he and his brother, Tony Ferro, started and | ||||||
| 15 | operated PT Ferro Construction, which became one of the largest | ||||||
| 16 | construction companies in the region, employing thousands of | ||||||
| 17 | local residents over the years; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Peter Ferro, Sr. was a longtime member of the | ||||||
| 19 | Church of St. Anthony and a longtime supporter of Stone City | ||||||
| 20 | VFW #2199; he helped many individuals, churches, and charities; | ||||||
| 21 | at the age of 70, he retired, taking up golf and fishing and | ||||||
| 22 | spending much of the time in Bonita Springs, Florida; on his | ||||||
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| 1 | 88th birthday, he took the Honor Flight from Chicago to | ||||||
| 2 | Washington D.C., which included visiting the World War II | ||||||
| 3 | Memorial; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Peter Ferro, Sr. was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 5 | wife, Ruby; his brother and sisters, Tony (Rosella) Ferro, Lena | ||||||
| 6 | (Rolle) Kurth, and Rosie (Leno) Giacomi; and his | ||||||
| 7 | sisters-in-law, Elaine (Bob) Ehrsam and Betty (Don) Hadala; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Peter Ferro, Sr. is survived by his sons and their | ||||||
| 9 | wives, Peter (Sharon Matesi), John (Rebecca Martin), and Jim | ||||||
| 10 | (Ann Keaveney); his grandchildren, Nicholas (Melisa) Ferro, | ||||||
| 11 | Danielle (Jeff) Weiss, Allison (Matt) Marketti, Monica (Ned) | ||||||
| 12 | Grabavoy, Vince Ferro, Doug (Angie)Ferro, Veronica Ferro, and | ||||||
| 13 | Amanda Ferro; 11 great-grandchildren; and his niece, Tavia | ||||||
| 14 | Westbrook; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | Peter Ferro, Sr., and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 18 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Peter Ferro, Sr. as an expression of | ||||||
| 22 | our deepest sympathy.
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