The oldest of four sons, Richard Munaretto was born in Chicago to Frank and Adelina Peruzzo Munaretto. The family lived near Western and Ohio and later moved to 3750 W. Chicago Ave., living behind his father’s business, Alamo Barber Shop.

Munaretto’s maternal grandparents emigrated from Carmignano di Brenta, Padua, and his mother was born in Chicago. His father, born in Tresche Conca, Vicenza, came to America when he was 17 years old. Munaretto grew up in a closely knit family surrounded by his maternal grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins. “We always had a lot of family around,” he says. “We spent all the holidays with family somewhere or other.”