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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express
3 their sincere condolences to the family and friends of
4 Frederick P. Cappetta of Oak Brook, Illinois, who passed away
5 on November 24, 2006; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mr. Cappetta was one of eight children; he was a
7 graduate of McKinley High School; he received a partial
8 scholarship from Northwestern University, but had to drop out
9 to help support his family; he returned to college and received
10 his Bachelor's degree in accounting from Roosevelt University
11 when he was in his early 60's; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Mr. Cappetta was a graduate of Worsham College of
13 Mortuary Science in Chicago; he opened Cappetta Funeral Home
14 with his brother, Tony; in 1961 he became an owner of Columbian
15 Chapels in Oak Park; in 1994 he and his son-in-law opened
16 Cappetta & DiCanio Funeral Directors in Oak Brook; and
 
17     WHEREAS, In 1987 Mr. Cappetta became the President of the
18 Illinois Funeral Directors Association; during this time he
19 took a group of fellow funeral directors to Italy, where he
20 visited the birthplace of his mother; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Frederick P. Cappetta is survived by his son,

 

 

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1 Frederick C.; his daughter and son-in-law, Michelle and Tony
2 DiCanio; his sister, Florence Munao; his four grandchildren;
3 and his great-grandson; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
5 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
6 his family and friends, the death of Frederick P. Cappetta; and
7 be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of Frederick P. Cappetta.