Darien Plane Crash Victim Dreamed Big, Helped Others
Son remembers a father who 'attempted things the average person never even dreamed of.'
Working hard was in Victor Pantaleo’s blood. As a kid, even as he cleaned horse stalls at the Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero, he always thought of others, bringing a pop or cold glass of water to quench other employees’ thirst. “He was the one that would always be looking out for other people when it was not his job to do,” said Tim Carey, Hawthorne’s president and general manager. That work ethic crossed over into everything he did, said Pantaleo’s son Deane. Over the course of Pantaleo’s 68 years, Deane estimates he ran between 18 and 20 businesses, giving his all to each and every one. Whether it was running the employee kitchen at Hawthorne or installing more than 10,000 swimming pools in the area over the past 30 years during the …
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