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92_SR0450
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 extend their sincerest condolences to the family and friends
4 of Charles V. Lo Verde, Jr., who passed away on May 28,
5 2002; and
6 WHEREAS, The Chicago Water Department and the Laborers'
7 Union were a family matter for Charles V. Lo Verde Jr.; and
8 WHEREAS, Born in 1931, just before his father, Charles Lo
9 Verde Sr., who was a laborer in the Water Department, helped
10 found and soon became president of Local 1092 of the
11 Laborers' International Union of North America, Charles Jr.
12 followed in his father's footsteps, working for the Water
13 Department, then becoming president of the local; Charles Lo
14 Verde III, followed suit, working as a Water Department
15 laborer, and now serving as a local vice president; and
16 WHEREAS, Charles Lo Verde, Jr. was born and raised in
17 Brighton Park and attended St. Joseph's and St. Anne's
18 grammar schools and De La Salle Institute, graduating in
19 1951; he went to work as a city laborer in 1952, laying
20 asphalt, then joined the United States Army, serving in
21 Germany; and
22 WHEREAS, Upon his return, Mr. Lo Verde became a laborer
23 in the Water Department and soon took on a second job as
24 field representative for the union; his father was both
25 president and business manager of the local until his death
26 in 1965; at that time, the international union insisted that
27 the jobs be separated; and
28 WHEREAS, Charles Lo Verde Jr. became business manager; in
29 the 1980s, the international union allowed the positions to
30 be combined once more, and Mr. Lo Verde was elected
31 president, a post he held until his death; and
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1 WHEREAS, Most of Mr. Lo Verde's brothers and nephews
2 started work at the Water Department; his brother James is
3 superintendent of the department's Central District, his
4 brother Robert is secretary-treasurer of Local 1092, and his
5 sister Carol James is a field representative with the local;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, Mr. Lo Verde helped negotiate the city's first
8 collective-bargaining agreement with laborers; more than a
9 decade ago, he brought laborers in the Sewer Department into
10 Local 1092, and now the local represents laborers and
11 salaried employees in Chicago's Water, Sewer, Transportation,
12 Aviation, General Services, and Purchases departments;
13 recently, Mr. Lo Verde was trying to persuade the Illinois
14 Legislature to improve pensions for laborers and their
15 widows; and
16 WHEREAS, Union matters occupied most of Mr. Lo Verde's
17 waking hours; when he did take time off, however, he loved to
18 play golf and to sail a small, two-man boat on inland lakes
19 in Indiana and Michigan; he was heavily involved in
20 Italian-American civic, educational and charitable efforts,
21 and had been named Man of the Year by the Joint Civic
22 Committee of Italian Americans; and
23 WHEREAS, The passing of Charles Lo Verde, Jr. will be
24 deeply felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his
25 wife of 47 years, Marion Santacaterina Lo Verde; his
26 daughters, Deborah Frogameni, Darlyne Klages, Diane Gross,
27 and Dawn Brancheau; his sons, Charles III and Thomas; his
28 brothers, Robert, James, and David; his sisters, Kathleen
29 LaCien and Carol James; and his 12 grandchildren; therefore,
30 be it
31 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
32 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
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1 all who knew him, the death of Charles Lo Verde, Jr. of
2 Chicago, Illinois; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to the family of Charles Lo Verde, Jr. with our
5 sincere condolences.