Full Text of SR0284 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Raphael Vito "Ralph" Ferri of Chicago, | 4 | | who passed away on May 7, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Ferri was born in Losato, Italy to Vito and | 6 | | Pasqua Ferri on December 18, 1927; he immigrated to Seattle, | 7 | | Washington in 1946; he later moved to Chicago; he married Rita | 8 | | Tunzi on July 11, 1953; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Ferri worked as a cement mason for his | 10 | | entire career and was a member of the Cement Mason's Union, | 11 | | Local 502; during his long career, he worked on the | 12 | | construction of Chicago's famous Sears Tower and the | 13 | | Bloomingdale's building; he retired in 1990; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Ferri most cherished sharing big Sunday | 15 | | dinners with his family and drinking a glass of his own | 16 | | homemade wine; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Ferri was the father of Pasquina | 18 | | (Schnotala), Vito Ferri, Adriana (Ferdinardo), and Michael | 19 | | Ferri, and he was the grandfather of Ralphy Ferri, Ken | 20 | | Schnotala, Lauren Schnotala, Marianna Ferdinardo, Rita | 21 | | Ferdinardo, Angela Ferdinardo, Joseph Gutierrez, Michael |
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| 1 | | Ferri, Sam Ferri, and Dino Gutierrez; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 | | Raphael Vito "Ralph" Ferri and extend our sincere condolences | 5 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 6 | | it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Ralph Ferri as an expression of our | 9 | | deepest sympathy.
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