[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 5, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE LIFE OF ANTONIO S. RESTAINO, JR.

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 5, 2012

  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the extraordinary 
life and legacy of Antonio S. Restaino, Jr., who passed away on Sunday 
June 3, 2012 at the age of 78.
  Mr. Restaino was born in Niagara Falls in 1934 to the late Antonio 
and Pasqualina Restaino, where he attended local schools until he began 
his service in the United States Air Force in 1951. Antonio served his 
country during the Korean War until his honorable discharge on November 
5th, 1953.
  After returning home from his service in the Air Force, Mr. Restaino 
married Rose M. (Morreale) Restaino in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in 
Niagara Falls on June 11th, 1955.
  Mr. Restaino began his career working at Bell Aircraft before he was 
hired by the City of Niagara Falls in 1958 and promoted to the position 
of Supervisor of Construction and Maintenance in the Sewer & Water 
Department. In April 1987, he was appointed Deputy Director of the 
Niagara Falls Convention Center, and in 1988 was assigned to the 
Niagara Falls Waste Water Treatment Plant as Chief of Buildings & 
Grounds where he served until his retirement in October 1988.
  In addition to his wife of fifty years, Mr. Restaino is survived by 
his children, grandchildren, sisters and a large and loving extended 
family. But Mr. Restaino enjoyed a relationship with another extended 
family--the good people of the city of Niagara Falls.
  Following his retirement, Mr. Restaino remained a very active and 
effective contributing member of his beloved hometown community. He 
garnered much praise for his work with local organizations and received 
many awards for his service, which included a 1993 award for 
Outstanding Service from the Niagara Falls Democratic Committee, a 2004 
Diocese of Buffalo Lay Award of St. Joseph the Worker, and a 2010 
Cittadini Speciali, ``Special Citizen'' Award from the Pine Avenue 
Business Association.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join with me and with members of the 
House to express our deepest condolences to the family of the late 
Antonio S. Restaino, Jr., and join with me in recognizing the many good 
works he performed during his long and full life. May he rest in peace, 
and may his family know and understand the tremendous impact that Mr. 
Restaino had on the city, state and country that he loved so much.

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