13 things about Highland Park, Illinois’s Rose Crimo

Who was Rose Crimo?

Rose Mary Emanuel Crimo was an Italian-American woman from Highland Park, Illinois, United States. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. Born in Italy, she was a naturalized U.S. citizen.
2. She was 10 years younger than her husband Sam Crimo.
3. She finished 8th grade in elementary school.
4. She was a mother of four.
5. On December 11, 1923, she gave birth to Anthony “Jock” Crimo.
6. On June 5, 1925, she gave birth to Samuel Joseph “Chubby” Crimo in Illinois.
7. On January 5, 1927, she gave birth to Yolanda Elizabeth Crimo.
8. On December 23, 1929, she gave birth to Robert Eugene “Bob” Crimo.
9. In 1935, she and Sam moved to Highland Park.
10. In 1964, her grandson Robert Eugene “Bob” Crimo Jr. was born.
11. On February 16, 1988, she turned 83.
12. On April 11, 1988, she died in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.
13. On July 4, 2022, her great-grandson Robert Eugene “Bobby” Crimo III fatally shot seven people and wounded 48 others in Highland Park.