RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of eighty-three; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of his passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, A resident of River Forest, Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., was a prominent business magnate and the loving and devoted husband for fifty-seven years of Charlotte, nee Kwasigroch; and
WHEREAS, Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., was the much-adored father of Victor II, Joseph, Peter, Cynthia Bickel, Mary Beth, Gloria Turan, Christopher, Susan Lasek, Philip and Daniel, the grandfather of twenty-one and the great-grandfather four to whom he imparted many of the fine and noble qualities that he possessed in abundance; and
WHEREAS, Born and raised in Bridgeport, Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., was the son of the late Joseph and Gloria; and
WHEREAS, Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., attended Mount Carmel High School and worked his way through DePaul University where he earned both his undergraduate and law degrees; and
WHEREAS, From 1956 to 1958 Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., served his country in the United States Army as a Counterintelligence Corps Special Agent in France; and
WHEREAS, Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., married his high school sweetheart and eventually took over his Sicilian immigrant father's real estate company where he had worked since he was a teenager; and
WHEREAS, Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., expanded the family business and built a sprawling financial empire that included real estate, law, insurance, banking, parking and street sweeping; and
WHEREAS, The philanthropy of Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., resulted in the construction of Cacciatore Stadium at DePaul University in Lincoln Park and endowments to the university's law school; and
WHEREAS, The entrepreneurial spirit and generosity of Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., serve as an example to all; and
WHEREAS, Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., will be dearly missed and fondly remembered by his many relatives, friends and admirers; and
WHEREAS, To his beloved family, Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., imparts a legacy of faithfulness, service and dignity; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this fifteenth day of January, 2014, do hereby commemorate Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr., for his grace-filled life and do hereby express our condolences to his family; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Victor J. Cacciatore, Sr.