The Comboni Mission Center will honor Jo Ann Serpico on Nov. 26 at Porretta's Banquets in Chicago. (708-354-1999). Jo Ann's prominence in the Chicago-area Italian-American community is a testament to her late father, Joseph R. Salerno. One of the founders of the Rosario D. Salerno Sons Funeral Homes, he was an early organizer of the Chicago-area Italian American community, a member of the Selective Service Board, the founder of the Roosevelt Loan Company and candidate for the Illinois Senate.

Jo Ann's father was one of the founders of the Italian Welfare Council, the precursor of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans. He helped to create an Italian-American community center in McHenry where Jo Ann and her sisters, Rosaria and Theresa, spent the summers.

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Fonte: Fra Noi