File #: 15-5334    Version: 1 Name: Mario Silvestri
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 9/4/2015 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 9/9/2015 Final action: 9/9/2015
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION MARIO SILVESTRI, IN MEMORIAM WHEREAS, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has called Mario Silvestri, the dear father of our friend Commissioner Peter Silvestri, from our midst; and WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the beloved husband of the late Clara (nee Frabotta); and WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the loving father of Commissioner Peter Silvestri; and WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the loving grandfather of Christian Peter Silvestri; and WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the dear brother of Peter (Elena) Silvestri; and WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the loving son of the late Pietro and Maria (Fiore) Silvestri; and WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the fond brother of Peter Silvestri; and WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was born on August 14, 1921 on a farm on the outskirts of Pofi, Frosinone in the Kingdom of Italy, and when he was six Mario's father Peter immigrated to Endicott, New York and then later to Chicago, Illinois, while Maria and her sons rem...
Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

MARIO SILVESTRI, IN MEMORIAM

WHEREAS, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has called Mario Silvestri, the dear father of our friend Commissioner Peter Silvestri, from our midst; and

WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the beloved husband of the late Clara (nee Frabotta); and

WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the loving father of Commissioner Peter Silvestri; and

WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the loving grandfather of Christian Peter Silvestri; and

WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the dear brother of Peter (Elena) Silvestri; and

WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the loving son of the late Pietro and Maria (Fiore) Silvestri; and

WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was the fond brother of Peter Silvestri; and

WHEREAS, Mario Silvestri was born on August 14, 1921 on a farm on the outskirts of Pofi, Frosinone in the Kingdom of Italy, and when he was six Mario's father Peter immigrated to Endicott, New York and then later to Chicago, Illinois, while Maria and her sons remained in Italy and lived with Peter's parents on the family farm; and

WHEREAS, Mario realized that the agricultural life was not his calling, and in 1940 joined the carabanieri, the Italian national police force, and then in 1943 Mario relocated to Wyoming and later New Jersey; and

WHEREAS, after sixteen years apart Mario reunited with his father Peter and the Silvestris who were living in Chicago, and in 1945 he returned to Pofi and met Clara who was living on the Silvestri farm due to the war bombardment of the area towns and villages; and

WHEREAS, in 1950 he married Clara, the love of his life, and immigrated to Brantford, Ontario, Canada and on January 12, 1957 their only son, Peter, was born; and

WHEREAS, in 1962 the family relocated to Superior Street in Chicago in a two flat owned by Mario's Uncle Sam and occupied by Mario's parents; and

WHEREAS, in November 1971 the family moved to Elmwood Park where Mario and Clara became the owner of a three flat ...

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