Full Text of SR1505 99th 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 Anthony T. "Tony" Ferrelli of Aurora, who | 4 | | passed away on February 3, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Anthony Ferrelli was born in Burlington, New | 6 | | Jersey to first-generation, Italian immigrants Vincenzo
and | 7 | | Venanzia Ferrelli on November 26, 1927; he volunteered for the | 8 | | United States Army upon
graduating from high school; he married | 9 | | Joan Novak on April 19, 1952; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Anthony Ferrelli was a member of the First | 11 | | Infantry Division "The Big Red 1" and the 26th
Infantry | 12 | | Regiment; he served his country for 21 years and
was a highly | 13 | | decorated soldier, retiring as a Sergeant Major in 1967; during | 14 | | his Army career, he served in many locations around the world, | 15 | | including Germany, Japan, and
Korea; in the United States, he | 16 | | served at Ft. Benning, Ft. Leonard Wood, Ft. Bragg, and others; | 17 | | he was twice stationed at Marmion Academy, where he taught | 18 | | ROTC; in 1966, before retiring from active service, he | 19 | | volunteered for duty in Vietnam; he earned the Silver Star - | 20 | | the Army's
third-highest combat medal - for his actions over a | 21 | | 2-day period in March of 1967,
when his outfit engaged a Viet | 22 | | Cong base camp and found themselves vastly
outnumbered by 2000 | 23 | | enemy soldiers; he also earned the Bronze Star, the Purple |
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| 1 | | Heart, and several other medals and recognitions; he was known | 2 | | as "The Humble Hero" after receiving national attention for | 3 | | feeling he did not deserve his Silver Star; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, After his retirement from the Army, Anthony | 5 | | Ferrelli served 23 years as a letter carrier with
the United | 6 | | States Post Office; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Anthony Ferrelli was a member of Holy Angels | 8 | | Church; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Anthony Ferrelli was preceded in death by his son, | 10 | | Michael; his parents; his brothers, Umberto, Daniel, Dominick, | 11 | | and Joseph; his sisters, Edith and Margaret; and his | 12 | | daughter-in-law, Denise; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Anthony Ferrelli is survived by his wife of 64 | 14 | | years, Joan; his sons, Christopher, Mark (Wendy), and Daniel; | 15 | | his grandchildren, Matthew, Megan (Colin), Anthony (Kate), | 16 | | Celia, and Mark; his great-grandchildren, Lana, Logan, and | 17 | | Giovanni; his brother, Pasquale; and many nieces and nephews; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Anthony T. "Tony" Ferrelli, and extend our sincere condolences |
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| 1 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 2 | | it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Anthony Ferrelli as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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