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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Vito Bertucci on |
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| his 100th birthday; and
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| WHEREAS, His parents came from Italy to the United States |
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| to raise a family, where Vito was born in Chicago in 1908; and
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| WHEREAS, He began working at the age of 14, holding many |
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| jobs before settling into a career in the newspaper business; |
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| he worked for the Chicago Sun-Times, the American Paper (later |
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| the Tribune) and the Cuneo Press, where he retired at the age |
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| of 65; and
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| WHEREAS, Vito and his wife, Marie, were married for 56 |
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| years until her passing in 1989; together they raised Bruno, |
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| who passed away in 1991, and Richard, who Vito resides with |
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| today; and
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| WHEREAS, Vito Bertucci is the proud grandfather of Jimmy, |
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| Gia, and Bonnie; and the doting great-grandfather of |
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| Christopher, Andrew, Jillian, Taylor, Benjamin, and Baylee |
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| Rose; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |