[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 176 (Tuesday, December 1, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING LAWRENCE J. SUFFREDIN, SR.

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                       HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 1, 2009

  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, I submit this extension of remarks on 
behalf of myself and my friend and colleague Representative Quigley.
  Madam Speaker, we rise today to pay tribute to and remember the life 
of Lawrence J. Suffredin, Sr. He died on November 23, 2009.
  Lawrence J. Suffredin, Sr was born on June 1, 1921 at Garfield Park 
Hospital to Frank and Isola Suffredin. He was the second of their three 
children, Mary and the late Vincent. He attended Presentation Grade 
School, Crain High School, and DePaul University.
  A true American hero, Larry, Sr. entered the Army in 1942 and served 
until 1945, with combat service in Africa and Europe. He was awarded a 
Bronze Star for valor in the face of the enemy, a Purple Heart, and 
other combat and campaign medals.
  After the war, Larry, Sr. was a Chicago policeman, and then he became 
the ``Printer to South Water Market.'' As the owner of Chicago Produce 
Publishing Company, he published numerous reports on the Chicago fruit 
and vegetable market, and published a newspaper, ``The Chicago Fruit 
and Vegetable Reporter'', 5 days a week from 1955 to 1986. He lived in 
Westchester, where he and his wife raised their family from 1948 until 
2000. He was a founder and former president of Westchester Baseball, a 
former officer of the Holy Name Society of Divine Infant Parish, former 
co-president of the Parents' Association of Loyola University, and a 
former 25 year bingo worker for IHM High School. He married the late 
Patricia Mulrainey Suffredin on July 6, 1946.
  A dedicated family man, Larry, Sr. leaves behind eight children: 
Lawrence, Jr., Genna, Paul, Susanne, Patricia, John, Peter and Michelle 
and thirteen grandchildren: Tom, Liz, Courtney, Nicholas, Stephen, 
Kevin and Morgan Suffredin, Andrea and Daniel Erikson, Erin and Bob 
Brown and Ethan and Henry Moskal. His wife, Patricia, died in December 
of 1990.
  Wherever Larry went, he brought joy and laughter. His joy will be 
missed by all.
  On behalf of our families, and those lives in our districts that 
Larry, Sr. touched over the years, we send our deepest condolences to 
his family and friends. He will be missed.

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