February 7th was a very special day for a fine American who had been very special to me and my family. It is the 90th birthday of William "Bill" Korr. acrossthestreet neighbor and family friend throughout my childhood. Bill was bom in 1916 in Chicago. His parents. Ben and Ida Korotsky. were immigrants from Russia who arrived in the U.S. via Ellis Island near the turn of the century. When the stock market collapsed in 1929. knocking his parents out of the real estate business they had built. Bill at age 16 essentially ran a family grocery business on the west side of the city.
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