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while playing football at De La Salle became acquainted with Richard J. Daley. Though not an
intimate of the Mayor, they would remain on a first name basis for all of their adult lives. The Author
was introduced by his father to the Mayor at a Notre Dame football game in 1961. In 1967, Mayor
Daley was thoughtful enough to send a telegram of condolences to the Witry family on Joe's death.
In 1928, Joe met Catherine Burke. She was raised by her widowed father at 1057 Loyola
Avenue, in Rogers Park. While attending Loyola University, Joe met her at a party hosted by
mutual friends and, in 1929, at the beginning of the professional baseball season, they were
Joe Witry, Sr., at the New York Giant Spring Training Camp, 1928.
married in Springfield, Massachusetts, at St. Michael's Cathedral. They would raise four
children, two of whom, Joseph, Jr. and Richard J., would become members of Section IS
in 1964 and 1973, respectively.
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