Full Text of HR0750 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to hear of the passing of | 4 | | Franchesco "Frank" Salamone, owner and cofounder of | 5 | | Franchesco's Ristorante in Rockford, who passed away on | 6 | | January 2, 2024; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Frank Salamone was born in Aragon, Sicily on | 8 | | February 4, 1929; he was raised in a stone house lacking | 9 | | electricity or running water; from a young age, after the | 10 | | death of his mother and due to his being the oldest child, he | 11 | | assumed the role of family protector, a virtue he carried | 12 | | throughout his life; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Frank Salamone married Anna Russo Introito in | 14 | | Sicily on August 11, 1956; together, they had three children, | 15 | | Benny, Charlie, and Toni; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, After working at a coal mine in England for a | 17 | | time, Frank Salamone immigrated with his family to the United | 18 | | States in 1966; he worked hard to provide for his family, often | 19 | | working multiple jobs in pursuit of the American Dream; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Frank Salamone possessed a strong entrepreneurial | 21 | | spirit and opened his first business, a grocery store, with |
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| 1 | | his brother in 1969; on the 20th anniversary of his family | 2 | | moving to the U.S., he opened the first Franchesco's | 3 | | Ristorante with his sons on South Perryville Road in Rockford | 4 | | on October 10, 1986; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Frank Salamone's family played an integral role | 6 | | in the family business for many years; while he managed the | 7 | | pizzas, his son, Benny, worked at the bar and the front of the | 8 | | house, his son, Charlie, ran the kitchen, and his daughter, | 9 | | Toni, oversaw the dining room; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Eventually, Frank Salamone began to slow down, | 11 | | and his children pursued new endeavors; he sold the building | 12 | | where the original Francesco's Ristorante stood in 2008, and | 13 | | with the help of new business partners, he built a new location | 14 | | on Spring Creek Road where Francesco's Ristorante continues | 15 | | operating to this day; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Even in the later years of his life, Frank | 17 | | Salamone could be found dressed to perfection and greeting | 18 | | friends, family, and guests in the restaurant dining room, | 19 | | living his life in accordance with his favorite Italian | 20 | | expression "la famiglia e tutto", which translates to "family | 21 | | is everything"; therefore, be it | 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 1 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we mourn the passing of Franchesco "Frank" Salamone and extend | 3 | | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | 4 | | knew and loved him; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Frank Salamone as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy. |
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