Wilsonville, Illinois - Louis Pelligrini, Biography

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Louis "Skinny" Pellegrini 1911 - 1985

Photographs & Information furnished by : George Vincent

Louis "Skinny" Pellegrini [ Pelligrini ]
Born on April 8, 1911 in Illinois
Graduated from Gillespie High School in 1930
Married Mary Florini
Owned and operated Pellegrini Grocery in Wilsonvile, Illinois

Died on March 16, 1985

Reverand Casimir Gierut officated at the Funeral Services which were held in the
Holy Cross Catholic Church in Wilsonville, Illinois on March 20, 1985.
Burial was in Rose Lawn Gardens in Bethalto, Illinois

Memorial Tribute

memorial photo

Spirit of Education
Memorial Plaza
Dedicated in 1990

This Bell hung in the first Public School built in Wilsonville, in 1920

This Plaza is dedicated to the Memory and spirit of the
Emigrant Coal Miners who settled the community and
recognized that the education of their children and
themselves was the means to achieve progress and prosperity

This bell donated by and in memory of
Louis "Skinny" Pellegrini