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Article: Joseph Vrdolyak, 80, East Side insurance agent Marine served in South Pacific during World War II
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- May 11, 2004
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It was easy to find Joseph Vrdolyak's home on the East Side on
Sundays. Just follow the crowd and the scent of roasting lamb.
"He loved to entertain," said Karen Keane, one of his five
daughters. "He'd have huge parties in our yard" with a whole lamb
roasting on a spit above coals set in a metal grill on the ground.
All the neighborhood would be invited.
Sunday was Mr. Vrdolyak's one day off. Six days a week he sold
insurance -- until he was 70. Then he retired, and to keep busy he
began a second career in real estate. He kept that up until a year
ago when his doctor ordered him to stop driving.
Mr. Vrdolyak died Friday at his Lansing home. He was 80.
He was born in Chicago, one of seven ...