Full Text of SR1940 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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