Full Text of SR0496 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 Anthony "Tony" V. Ventimiglia of | 4 | | Alton, who passed away on August 7, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tony Ventimiglia was born to Leonardo and | 6 | | Catherine (Pinta) Ventimiglia in Alton on November 4, 1923; he | 7 | | attended Catholic schools in Alton and was a member of St. | 8 | | Mary's Catholic Church in Alton; he married Edith "Edie" Ford | 9 | | at St. Patrick's Church in Alton on April 15, 1944; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Tony Ventimiglia and his father founded Midtown | 11 | | Restaurant in Alton in the early 1940s; he and his wife opened | 12 | | Tony's Restaurant in downtown Alton in 1954, where he worked | 13 | | until his retirement; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Tony Ventimiglia was the kindest and hardest | 15 | | working man his family has ever known;
he loved his family, his | 16 | | friends, his customers, and his restaurant with his whole | 17 | | heart; he was a legend in the Alton restaurant community; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Tony Ventimiglia was preceded in death by his | 19 | | parents; his son, Leonard Ventimiglia; and his three sisters, | 20 | | Mary Long, Jo-Kay Butkovich, and Anne Yeck; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Tony Ventimiglia is survived by his wife; his | 2 | | son, Michael Ventimiglia; his grandchildren, Paul (Erin) | 3 | | Ventimiglia, Betsy Bechel, Shawna Ventimiglia, and Leonard | 4 | | Ventimiglia III; his ten great-grandchildren; and his sister, | 5 | | Pauline Muehling; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Anthony "Tony" V. Ventimiglia and extend our sincere | 9 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 10 | | him; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Tony Ventimiglia as an expression | 13 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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