Full Text of SR0176 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of John Hubert Sciarretta Sr. of | 4 | | Deerfield, who passed away on March 2, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Sciarretta was born in Evanston to Alfonso | 6 | | and Hazel Sciarretta on April 4, 1940; at the age of three, he | 7 | | went to St. Mary's Training School for Boys (Maryville | 8 | | Academy) in Des Plaines, and at the age of 18, he enlisted in | 9 | | the United States Marine Corps, where he served his country | 10 | | honorably and with distinction for four years as a lance | 11 | | corporal; he married Maria DeFrenza, and they traveled through | 12 | | Italy before returning to Glenview; he relocated his family to | 13 | | Deerfield in 1976; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, John Sciarretta had a passion for food and | 15 | | hospitality and opened the Italian Kitchen restaurant, which | 16 | | he and his wife owned for over half a century; through this, | 17 | | they played a significant role in supplying food for family | 18 | | gatherings and also for numerous clubs and organizations in | 19 | | the community, which John held near and dear to his heart; he | 20 | | was pivotal in bringing people together and creating a sense | 21 | | of community, and the restaurant was an extension of that, a | 22 | | place where he shared his wonderful stories and gave a job to | 23 | | anyone in need; he was a man who never turned down a request |
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| 1 | | for a donation of food or for volunteering to many meaningful | 2 | | causes in which he believed; he always wanted to see | 3 | | Deerfield's businesses grow and succeed; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, John Sciarretta was involved with various | 5 | | organizations that brought him great pride, including the | 6 | | Deerfield Lions Club, the American Legion, and the Wounded | 7 | | Warriors Foundation; he was one of the founding fathers of the | 8 | | Deerfield Family Day's Bicycle Parade; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, John Sciarretta's volunteerism led to numerous | 10 | | accolades that he cherished dearly, including the Lions Club | 11 | | International Foundation Melvin Jones Fellowship, Deerfield's | 12 | | Human Relations Award, the DBR (Deerfield, Bannockburn, | 13 | | Riverwoods) Chamber of Commerce Sherry Kalan Community Service | 14 | | Award, the Optimist Club's President's Citation, the Rotary | 15 | | Club Paul Harris Fellow, and Illinois Dollars for Scholars | 16 | | Lincolnland Legend; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, John Sciarretta was affectionately known as "Papa | 18 | | John" to his grandchildren and "Great Papa John" to his | 19 | | great-grandchild; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, John Sciarretta enjoyed telling a witty joke or | 21 | | an anecdote about his many silly shenanigans; he was quite the | 22 | | showman with his homegrown tomatoes, gigantic sunflowers, |
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| 1 | | record-worthy zucchini, and homemade limoncello and had a | 2 | | special affinity for the Rose of Sharon plant; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, John Sciarretta was preceded in death by his | 4 | | siblings, Elizabeth Askin and Alfonso Sciarretta; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Sciarretta is survived by his wife of 57 | 6 | | years, Maria; his children, Samuel (Beth), John (Emerald) | 7 | | Sciarretta, Lisa (Johnston) Hoehne, and Angela (Michael) | 8 | | Butera; his grandchildren, Brandon (Lindy) Engle, Alexandra | 9 | | (Brady) Burkholder, John-Joseph and Jessica Sciarretta, Henry, | 10 | | Jackson, and Josephine Hoehne, and Maria and Charlie Butera; | 11 | | his great-grandchild, Scarlett Burkholder; his siblings, Gildo | 12 | | Sciarretta, Karen Robinson, and Sharon Walerius; and numerous | 13 | | other family members; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | John Hubert Sciarretta Sr. and extend our sincere condolences | 17 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 18 | | it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of John Sciarretta as an expression of | 21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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