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SENATE RESOLUTION

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