Full Text of SR0597 097th 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 Nello Ferrara, the patriarch of the | 4 | | Ferrara Pan Candy Company, who passed away on February 3, 2012; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Nello Ferrara was born in Chicago and grew up in | 7 | | Chicago's Taylor Street neighborhood and attended St. Ignatius | 8 | | College Prep High School; he graduated from DePaul Law School | 9 | | in 1942 and immediately joined the United States Army in | 10 | | counter-intelligence during World War II; he worked in Tokyo | 11 | | after the war as a Japanese war crimes prosecutor; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, He joined the Ferrara Pan company, founded by his | 13 | | father, Salvatore, in 1947; Salvatore and his brothers-in-law | 14 | | were Italian immigrants who started the business in 1908, | 15 | | making sugar-coated almond "confetti" candies with a special | 16 | | recipe brought over from Italy; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, After World War II, Nello Ferrara capitalized on | 18 | | the company's signature product, Red Hots, a spicy cinnamon pan | 19 | | candy; he created the legacy Ferrara brands Atomic Fireballs | 20 | | and Lemonheads; under his leadership, Ferrara Pan became a | 21 | | candy company of national prominence; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He married Marilyn Bies in January of 1949 and | 2 | | they were married for 63 years; he used to sing "Wind Beneath | 3 | | my Wings" to his wife; his family was the light of his life; | 4 | | they had dinner together every Sunday as a family and he would | 5 | | stand in front of the stove cooking for his grandchildren and | 6 | | kids, making spaghetti and meatballs with gravy and sausage; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He was inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame in | 9 | | 1974; in 1975, he received the Kettle Award from Candy Industry | 10 | | Magazine and was named Man of the Year by the National | 11 | | Confectioners Association; he remained chairman of the board at | 12 | | Ferrara Pan into his 90s; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He was of the Catholic faith and was made a Knight | 14 | | of Malta in February of 1963 by Pope John XXIII; he was very | 15 | | active and he still played cards at the Ridgemoor Country Club | 16 | | in Harwood Heights twice a week; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Nello Ferrara was the father of Serajean (the late | 18 | | John) Alioto, Salvatore II (Andrea), and Nella (William) Davy; | 19 | | the grandfather of Marilyn and Joseph Alioto, Nello II, Alana | 20 | | Ferrara and Lauren (Matthew) Houder, Salvatore (Francesca), | 21 | | William Jr. and Nello Davy; the great-grandfather of Matthew | 22 | | and Charles Houder, and Salvatore Davy (Francesca); the brother | 23 | | of Florence (Adam) Stillo and the late Benita (the late |
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| 1 | | William) Capraro; and the uncle of many nieces and nephews; | 2 | | therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 | | his family and friends, the passing of Nello Ferrara; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Nello Ferrara as a symbol of our | 9 | | sincere sympathy.
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