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 Waldo
Bertoni
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[October
10, 2011]
MOUNT
PULASKI -- Waldo E. Bertoni, 85, of Mount
Pulaski, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at 10:33
a.m. at his home.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski, with the service conducted by the Rev.
Rachel Stockle of the Mount Pulaski United
Methodist Church. Visitation prior to the
service will begin at noon. |
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Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery, where
military rites will be conducted.
Mr. Bertoni retired from the U.S. Air Force
in 1977 as a colonel.
He was born Jan. 1, 1926, in Mount Pulaski.
He married Rosalie Smith, daughter of Wilbur and
Hazel Smith of Chestnut, in 1948.
He is survived by his wife; one sister, Marie
Benedict of Boca Raton, Fla.; and several nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death by their only child,
Paul Alan; his parents, Rinaldo and Pauline
Rigali Bertoni; and his three older brothers,
Sam, Albert and Renny.
He graduated from West Point Military Academy
in 1948, receiving his commission as a second
lieutenant. In addition to his bachelor's degree
from West Point, he received a master's in
electrical engineering from the University of
Illinois and an MBA in research development
management from the University of Chicago. He
was a graduate of the Industrial College of the
Armed Forces.
Waldo and Rosalie returned to his hometown of
Mount Pulaski in 2005. He served as a member of
the Lincoln College board of trustees, was a
member of Mount Pulaski American Legion Ryman-Fuiten
Post 447, Mount Pulaski Rotary and Lincoln Elks.
He and his wife were members of the Mount
Pulaski Township Historical Society and the
Mount Pulaski 175th Planning Committee. |
In July, Waldo was one of five to be awarded
a Gen. Casimir Pulaski bronze bust as "Most
Distinguished Graduate of Mt. Pulaski High
School." He and Rosalie represented the 175th
Committee as grand marshals of the parade at the
Mount Pulaski Fall Festival in September.
Memorials may be made to the Mount Pulaski
Courthouse 175th Legacy Foundation or the
Lincoln College Heritage Museum.
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