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In some families, he helped bury five generations. He remembered how their loved ones were dressed for their funerals, where they were buried, sometimes even the weather.
When 10-year-old Larry Panozzo started helping out at his family’s funeral business, he’d cart portable kneelers and chairs into customer’s homes because that’s where wakes often were held.
After growing up in the family business, he went on to be one of the longest-serving funeral directors in Illinois.
Mr. Panozzo, a member of the second generation to operate 95-year-old Panozzo Brothers Funeral Home, died of heart trouble April 22 at his home in Flossmoor, according to his son Michael Panozzo. He was 91.
Licensed for 67 years, he had retired only in February.
Panozzo Brothers, founded in Roseland, is the sort of funeral home where it can take a long time to get through the line of people waiting to pay their respects. It’s a repository of memories for generations of families, particularly Italian Americans with ties to St. Anthony of Padua parish at 115th Street and Prairie Avenue.
Growing up there years ago, it was the kind of close-knit neighborhood where “whoever could spank you was your aunt,” Mr. Panozzo’s son Phillip Panozzo said.
Many St. Anthony parishioners trace their roots to il Altopiano dei Sette Comuni, a high plain with seven towns in the province of Vicenzo in Northeast Italy. Just by their surname, Mr. Panozzo knew which of the seven towns a client’s ancestors were from, Michael Panozzo said.
“Larry and his brother were walking file cabinets of information on Roseland and Pullman and Kensington,” said CJ Martello, who wrote a book, “Petals from Roseland,” about the community where he grew up.
In some families, Mr. Panozzo helped bury five generations — from great-grandparents to great-grandchildren. He remembered how their loved ones were dressed for their funerals and where they were buried. Sometimes, he even remembered the weather that day.
And if a family couldn’t pay right away, “People paid him $5 a week for years, no interest,” Phillip Panozzo said.
Homewood Florist owner Marty Arrivo said Mr. Panozzo and his brother Dennis Panozzo — who continues to operate the funeral home with his son Alan — “always knew what flowers were in season” and would color-coordinate them with the clothes that the deceased was dressed in for viewings.
Mr. Panozzo’s father Dionisio “Dan” Panozzo and his uncle Louis Panozzo — whose parents were from Tresché Conca in Italy — opened the funeral home in 1926. It operated for many years on 115th Street in Roseland before moving to Chicago Heights.
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Young Larry went to St. Anthony of Padua grade school. As a kid, he once had a spaghetti dinner in the parish rectory with visiting New York Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio, whose success was a source of immense pride among Italian Americans. His uncle Louie picked up Joltin’ Joe at the old Edgewater Beach Hotel on the North Side because the funeral home had a limousine.
Mr. Panozzo attended Mount Carmel High School and the University of Notre Dame before serving in the Army in Trieste, Italy.
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That’s where he and his wife of 68 years, the former Antoinette Rigoni, got married because it was close to Asiago, home of many of her Italian relatives. They’d known each other since he was a kid playing accordion in the basement of St. Anthony’s church.
Michael Panozzo said that, after the Army chaplain conducted the ceremony, “Netti” spent her wedding night with her mom and mother-in-law because her mother didn’t think it was proper to move in with Mr. Panozzo until they were married in church a day later.
The Panozzos lived for a year in Italy, until his military service ended. They returned to Chicago, and he enrolled at Worsham College of Mortuary Science.
He and his wife loved to play midweek card games with friends. Mr. Panozzo would enjoy a Manhattan during the week and a martini on Fridays, Phillip Panozzo said.
He loved the music of Johnny Frigo, a jazz violinist and bassist who helped compose the standard “Detour Ahead.” He hired Frigo to play at his 50th wedding anniversary celebration.
Relatives said his business ethos was “You say yes, and then you figure out how to make it happen” — like when the funeral home buried Bill Bramanti in 2018 in a casket decked out to look like a can of his favorite beer, Pabst Blue Ribbon.
In addition to his wife, brother Dennis and sons Michael and Phillip, Mr. Panozzo is survived by sons Lawrence and Dennis, daughters Danielle Clarke and Claudia Bliese, sister Catherine Van Heel and eight grandchildren.
A wake is scheduled from noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Panozzo Brothers Funeral Home, 530 W. 14th St., Chicago Heights. A funeral Mass is planned for 10 a.m. Thursday at Infant Jesus of Prague Church, Flossmoor, followed by entombment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
A man has been charged with a fatal shooting April 17 in Lawndale on the West Side.
Antwoine Moss, 35, has been charged with a felony count of first-degree murder, Chicago police said.
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Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert about 10:30 p.m. April 17, and found Devon Jackson, 33, in the 2700 block of West Flournoy Street, with several gunshot wounds to the chest, police said. He was brought Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead about 3:40 a.m. Sunday, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Moss turned himself into officers about 1:15 p.m. Monday, and was charged after being identified as the person who allegedly fired the fatal shots, police said.
He is due in bond court Wednesday.
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A man was critically wounded in a drive-by that led to a vehicle crash Tuesday night in Bronzeville on the South Side.
About 11:20 p.m., three men were in a silver Chevrolet Malibu when a vehicle pulled alongside them in the 2900 block of South Federal Street, and someone inside fired shots striking a passenger, a 21-year-old man, multiple times, Chicago police said.
The driver of the Malibu, whose age is unknown, continued driving to get to the hospital, but crashed into a Jeep Wrangler in the 1000 block of South Clark Street, police said. An Uber driver happened to be passing by and picked both men and brought them to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the 21-year-old is in critical condition.
The driver of the Malibu is in fair condition at the same hospital, receiving treatment for a leg injury he received in the crash, police said. The third person in the car refused medical treatment.
There were no other injuries reported in the vehicle crash, police said.
Area Three detectives are investigating.
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Fifteen people were shot, three fatally, Tuesday in Chicago including a 19-year-old man who was fatally shot in Gresham on the South Side.
About 10:05 p.m., the man was running in an alley in the 8300 block of South Sangamon Street, when he was shot, Chicago police said. He was found in the backyard of a residence in the 8300 block of South Peoria Street, with a gunshot wound to the chest. The man was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.
Less than an hour prior, a 31-year-old man was shot to death in Ashburn on the South Side. The man was driving about 9:20 p.m. in the 8300 block of South Keating Avenue, when someone got out of a green-colored SUV and fired shots, police said. He was struck in the face and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.
A man was fatally shot in Canaryville on the South Side. The 29-year-old was in the 4600 block of South Normal Avenue about 3 a.m., when someone in a dark-colored SUV fired shots, police said. He was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office identified him as Ryan Jackson, of South Shore.
In non-fatal shootings, a man was critically wounded in a drive-by that led to a vehicle crash in Bronzeville on the South Side. About 11:20 p.m., three men were in a silver Chevrolet Malibu when a vehicle pulled alongside them in the 2900 block of South Federal Street, and someone inside fired shots striking a passenger, a 21-year-old man, multiple times, police said.
The driver of the Malibu, whose age is unknown, continued driving to get to the hospital, but crashed into a Jeep Wrangler in the 1000 block of South Clark Street, police said. An Uber driver happened to be passing by and picked both men and brought them to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the 21-year-old is in critical condition, police said. The driver of the Malibu is in fair condition at the same hospital, receiving treatment for a leg injury he received in the crash. The third person in the car refused medical treatment.
Two men were wounded in seporate shootings, minutes apart, the first in the Back of the Yards and the second in Woodlawn on the South Side.
A man was critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday in Back of the Yards on the South Side.
About 10:25 p.m., the 44-year-old was outside arguing with a group of males inside a silver Nissan Altima in the 1700 block of West 45th Street, when someone inside the car fired shots, police said. He was struck in the stomach and brought to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.
About five minutes prior, a 24-year-old man was wounded in a drive-by in Woodlawn on the South Side. About 10:20 p.m., he was standing outside in the 6600 block of South Drexel Avenue, when someone in a passing vehicle fired shots, striking him in the leg, police said. He was brought to the University of Chicago Medical Center by Chicago fire officials in critical condition.
Two people were shot in Englewood on the South Side. They were sitting on the porch of a home about 9:55 p.m. in the 6800 block of South Justine Street when two male suspects opened fire from the street, police said. A 28-year-old was grazed on the knee and was transported to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition. A man, 57, was shot in the arm and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition.
Minutes prior, a man was grazed in a shooting in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood on the South Side. The man, 29, was grazed on the head about 9:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of West Cermak Road, police said. A friend drove the man to the University of Illinois Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition.
Three people were wounded in separate shootings, one in East Garfield Park and the other in Morgan Park on the West and South Sides.
Two men were in the 3800 block of West Gladys Avenue about 9:20 a.m., when someone fired shots at them, police said. The men, 23 and 24, were struck twice in the leg, and an acquaintance drove them to Stroger Hospital, where the younger man was in good condition and the older man was in critical condition.
At the same time A man was shot in Morgan Park on the Far South Side. Someone pulled alongside the man’s vehicle and opened fire about 9:20 p.m. in the 11400 block of South Vincennes Avenue, police said. The man, 35, was struck in the arm and torso and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was listed in good condition.
At least three others were shot citywide. Fourteen people were shot, one fatally, Monday.
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In their first meeting with South Dakota State – on March 20 in Carbondale – little went right for the SIU Salukis.
“Look, they beat us 44-3,” Southern head coach Nick Hill said. “There’s not much more to say about that. There’s no excuses. Until we go out and do something differently about it, you are what the score says you are.”
On Sunday, May 2, the Salukis (6-3) get a second chance against the Jackrabbits (6-1), the No. 1 seed in the FCS playoffs. (8 p.m. on ESPN2)
This time, a trip to the FCS semifinals is on the line for the winner of the nationally televised game. “We’ve got to go out and earn their respect,” Hill said.
Here are three key matchups to watch during Sunday’s game:
If the Salukis can’t find an answer for the Jackrabbits’ potent ground game, which piled up 392 yards in the first meeting, their playoff stay will be over quickly. Junior Pierre Strong Jr., who did not face the Salukis in March because of injury, was a second-team All-American in 2019 and has the third-best rushing average (88.2 yards per game) in the conference this spring. Freshman Isaiah Davis, a member of the MVFC All-Newcomer Team, is fifth in the league in both rushing yards per game (75.4) and touchdowns (six). He rushed for 150 yards and three TDs against the Salukis in March.
“If you’re out of a gap or misaligned, these backs are going to crush you,” Hill said. “Pierre’s going to make you miss. He’s just a smooth back. The freshman that hurt us last time is a downhill back, but he’s got enough speed to hit the home run, too. They create some challenges.”
In addition, when SDSU gets into the red zone, they rarely leave without points. They are 23-for-24 in red zone offense for a .958 scoring percentage, including 15 touchdowns.
2. SIU WR Avante Cox vs. SDSU secondary
Thanks to his speed, Cox has elite playmaking ability. With his 120-yard receiving game at Weber State, Cox became the fourth receiver in SIU history to have four 100-yard games in a single season. He will need to break loose against SDSU to pump up the Saluki offense.
In March against SDSU, he had seven catches, but managed only 50 yards. SDSU’s secondary limited the Salukis to only 3.7 yards per catch in the game.
3. SIU vs. Turnovers
Trailing 14-3 last month at Saluki Stadium, Southern stubbed its toe on four consecutive drives beginning late in the second quarter, resulting in three interceptions and a turnover on downs. “In about 8 minutes, the game was completely out of hand,” Hill said.
For SIU to make its way into the semifinals, they will have to play unlike their minus-8 turnover margin.
“The last time we played them it was undisciplined,” Hill said. “We turned it over. They capitalized on them.”
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Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 7:15 until 11 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius.
Avoid financial decisions during the time of the moon alert. After the moon alert is over, your sense of adventure will grow! You will want to do something different. Talk to people from other cultures and explore new avenues in person or online.
Be accommodating with others this morning during the moon alert. Cooperation is the key. Do not volunteer for anything or agree to anything important during the moon alert. Afterward, financial matters will demand your attention.
You might encounter shortages at work this morning during the moon alert. Once it is over, your interactions with a partner or close friend will be significant. Be ready to accommodate their needs to make life easier for both of you.
You are creative and imaginative this morning, which is good news for those who are working on creative projects. After the moon alert is over everything will change, and you will want to work hard and be as efficient as possible. Remember Col. Saito? “Be happy in your work!”
This morning you might sleep in and take it easy at home. However, after the moon alert is over, you want to explore fun diversions! Sports will appeal along with playful activities with kids. This is also a good day to work on creative projects.
Heed the warning of the moon alert this morning and do not make promises or volunteer for anything. Postpone important decisions. After the moon alert is over, your focus will turn to home and family matters. A family discussion might be important.
Avoid financial decisions and shopping during the moon alert this morning. (You can shop for food.) After the moon alert is over, it’s all systems go. The pace of your days will accelerate because of errands, tasks and possible short trips. Busy you!
This day begins with the moon in your sign, which makes you more emotional. However, it is also a moon alert, which means avoid important decisions and shopping. Once the moon alert is over, you can enter into financial negotiations and wheel and deal with your money.
After the moon alert is over, the moon will enter your sign to stay for the rest of the day and tomorrow. This is good news for you. It gives you a subtle edge, a bit of extra good luck over all the other signs. (Sagittarians love good luck.)
After the moon alert, you will prefer to seek out solitude and work alone or behind the scenes because this is what feels best. It’s a been playful time with an emphasis on sports and fun activities with kids — perhaps you need a rest?
You are high visibility early this morning, especially during the moon alert. Do not volunteer for anything during that time. Do not agree to anything important. After it’s over, enjoy schmoozing with others. You might want to share your ideas about future plans with someone to get their feedback.
It’s important to know that after the moon alert is over today, you will be high visibility. People will notice you more than usual and they will be more aware of personal details about your private life for some reason. Forewarned is forearmed.
Actress Bridget Moynahan (1971) shares your birthday. You have a placid nature and enduring ambition. You are open-minded, logical and practical. You also love the discovery of new things, new ideas and new places. You finish what you begin. Speaking of beginnings, this is what will absorb you in the year ahead because it is a time to begin an entirely, fresh new cycle! Happy trails!
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A 31-year-old man was shot to death Thursday night in Ashburn on the South Side.
The man was driving about 9:20 p.m. in the 8300 block of South Keating Avenue when someone got out of a green-colored SUV and fired shots, Chicago police said.
He was struck in the face and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released details on his death.
The gunman was seen wearing a red t-shirt and black hat, according to police.
No one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday will hold a confirmation hearing for Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi, nominated by President Joe Biden to sit on the Chicago-based Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the very rare judge, if confirmed, who brings the perspective of a criminal defense lawyer to the bench.
A partner in a D.C. law firm only since last year, Jackson-Akiwumi spent a formative 10 years, between 2010 and 2020, as a staff attorney at the Federal Defender Program for the Northern District of Illinois.
If confirmed, as expected — Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin recruited her for the position — she will mark two milestones: Jackson-Akiwumi will be only the second Black woman ever on the Seventh Circuit and will be the only person of color currently on the Chicago appeals court.
And according to the Alliance for Justice, a liberal law group, Jackson-Akiwumi will be “only the third federal appellate judge to have spent a majority of their career as a public defender.”
Jackson-Akiwumi was among those in Biden’s first wave of 11 judicial nominations, where he made good on a promise to diversify the white, male dominated federal bench as well as to draw on lawyers with different backgrounds – including, as is Jackson-Akiwumi, public defenders.
In her Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire, Jackson-Akiwumi reveals how her nomination was in the works even before Biden was president. She said Durbin’s staff reached out to her about the Seventh Circuit vacancy last Dec. 30, a few weeks before Biden was sworn-in. On Jan. 11 and Jan. 12, she was in contact with officials in the incoming White House Counsel’s office.
On Jan. 25 — four days after Biden became president — she said she interviewed with attorneys from the White House Counsel’s office and later was in contact with the Office of Legal Policy at the Department of Justice.
“On March 4, 2021, I met with President Biden and White House Counsel Dana Remus at the White House concerning the nomination. On March 30, 2021, the President announced his intent to nominate me.”
The Chicago Urban League, the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc., and the National Council of Jewish Women were among those who submitted letters supporting her nomination to the Judiciary Committee.
Karen Freeman-Wilson, the Chicago Urban League President and CEO, said in her letter, As “a federal public defender and a long-term resident of Chicago’s South Side, Candace is also mindful and deliberative in applying her skills as a lawyer to facilitate fair decisions, engage in open dialogue, and positively impact those in underserved communities. Additionally, she displays great analytical and communication skills, an effortless rapport with her peers, and a profound respect and enthusiasm for human dignity and community development.”
The leaders of the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc., who include its founder, now retired Judge Ann Claire Williams — the first and only judge of color to sit on the Seventh Circuit and the third Black woman to serve on any federal circuit court — noted Jackson-Akiwumi’s leadership role with the group and her work “developing a pipeline program to promote and increase Black woman lawyer representation at large law firms.”
The National Council of Jewish Women noted the history-making aspects of the Jackson-Akiwumi nomination in their letter.
“If confirmed, Jackson-Akiwumi would be the third appeals court judge to have spent the majority of her career as a public defender, the first-ever former federal defender on the Seventh Circuit, and the only Black woman on the Seventh Circuit — currently an all-white court.”
After graduating from Princeton in 2000 and Yale law school in 2005, she had two clerkships, including one with now retired U.S. District Court Judge David H. Coar, one of the few Black judges to sit on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
After three years as an associate at the Chicago office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Jackson-Akiwumi joined the Federal Defender Program.
She described those years as a federal public defender in detail in her Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire.
“During my decade as a federal defender, I represented over 400 clients accused of federal crimes at every stage of the process, from investigation to trial and pre-trial proceedings, sentencing, and appeal, including petitions for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.
“In case types ranging from fraud to firearms, I successfully advised grand jury witness appearances, negotiated pleas, and achieved hundreds of mitigated sentences. I tried seven federal jury trials. I briefed and argued five more appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
“In the hundreds of cases where my clients ultimately chose not to go trial or chose not to appeal their conviction or sentence, I nonetheless evaluated and advised on potential trial issues and potential appellate issues throughout the pre-trial, trial, and sentencing phases of the case.
“I drafted and argued a large number of substantive motions at the trial level including motions to dismiss and motions to suppress. I also litigated hundreds of contested hearings, ranging from bond hearings to revocation hearings, suppression hearings, and sentencing hearings. Additionally, in many of my cases I supervised teams that assisted me in investigating facts, developing sentencing mitigation, and securing resources for clients with mental health, substance abuse, housing, and other needs.”
One of her notable legal achievements was her work, with two other lawyers, of ending the practice of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives of establishing phony drug stash houses. She challenged the pattern of the ATF, she said in her questionnaire, of “bringing these cases largely against African-American and Latino defendants. . ..The litigation also resulted in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois no longer charging fictitious stash house cases.”
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