Tom "Papa Hops" Hopkins
Linda Zabors
Honorary Tom “Papa Hops” Hopkins WAY
South Fairfield Avenue between West 109th Street and West 110th Street
Approved: March 2024
Ward: 19
Alderman: Matthew O’Shea
Neighborhood: West Beverly
Source
20247735
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Nicholas Miceli
Linda Zabors
Nicholas Miceli was only two years old when he died from Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) cancer. Gold ribbons adorned the streets of the Southwest side neighborhood of the Miceli family.
His mother, Khrissy Miceli is an English and Language Arts teach at Clissold Elementary School. Her students helped raise money to “Help Nick Kick Cancer!”
Honorary Nicholas Miceli WAY
West 107th Place between South Lawndale Avenue and South Millard Avenue
Approved: April 2023
Ward: 19
Alderman: Matthew O’Shea
Neighborhood: West Beverly
d. May 3, 2019. Age 2
Source
20231262
https://www.beverlyreview.net/news/top_story/article_b56ccf8a-8167-11e9-baac-5be6745721e1.html
https://www.stbaldricks.org/kids/mypage/9429
https://www.beverlyreview.net/news/top_story/article_bc0202e4-556a-11e9-b1fd-673a9d40a982.html
Jeff Troglia
Linda Zabors
Jeff “Trogs” Troglia served for twelve years as a Chicago Police Officer.
Honorary Jeff “Trogs” Troglia Way
South Drake Avenue between 108th and 109th Streets
Approved: 2021
Ward: 19
Alderman: O’Shea
Neighborhood: Mount Greenwood
d. March 5, 2021. Age 38. Chicago
Source: Hero Down Chicago
Phil Doran Way
Linda Zabors
Phil Doran, Sr. was a life-long Chicagoan from the Beverly neighborhood. He and his wife met in grade school. He was a lawyer and was active in his community and parish as a committed volunteer and former Chairman of the Board of the Franciscan Outreach.
Alumni:
Christ the King Elementary School and Parish
St. Ignatius High School
John Carroll University
Northwestern University - Law
Born in Chicago
Honorary Phil Doran Way
South Hamilton Avenue, between West 92nd Street and West 93rd Street
Approved: 2020
Ward: 19
Alderman: O’Shea
Neighborhood: Beverly
b. November 6, 1940. Chicago
d. September 18, 2020. Age 79.
Near
Christ the King Church
Mother Betty Price
Linda Zabors
Betty Price ran a soup kitchen in the Englewood neighborhood for 30 years. She founded Feed, Clothe, and Help the Needy (FCHN) in 1988, originally running it out of her own home; it now feeds more than 1000 each week.
Honorary Mother Betty Price Lane
West Elizabeth Street from 57th Street to 59th Street
Approved: November 2020
Ward: 19
Alderman: Coleman
Neighborhood: Englewood
d. September 2, 2020. Age 71. Chicago. Cancer
Near
Feed, Clothe and Help the Needy soup kitchen
1234 West 59th Street
Steve McNamee
Linda Zabors
Cadet Steven J. McNamee’s career began as a police officer in Hickory Hills, Illinois and for a railroad. He was training to become a firefighter at the Chicago Fire Academy when he died in a training accident, two weeks before his graduation.
Honorary FF Steve McNamee Way
10500 block of Central Park Avenue
Approved: 2018
Ward: 19
Alderman: O’Shea
Neighborhood: Mount Greenwood
d. November 23, 1993. Age 36. Chicago
Anthony J. Pappalas Avenue
Linda Zabors
Anthony Pappalas was a seven year old who died from a rare form of brain cancer called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).
When the sign was dedicated the neighborhood was decorated in ribbons of Orange (Anthony’s favorite color) and Grey (the color for brain cancer).
The Defeat DIPG Network Chicago branch is called “Anthony’s Avengers.”
Honorary Anthony J. Pappalas Avenue
10800 South Trumbull Avenue
Approved: 2018
Ward: 19
Alderman: O’Shea
Neighborhood: Mt Greenwood