Rocco Olivo

Rocco Olivo was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 18, 1928. His parents Vita Maria Cimmarusti and Biagio Olivo were from a small town in Italy called Valenzano which is in the province of Bari. Their first child who was named Rocco passed away at 1 year old after receiving an immunization shot which killed 13 other children from the same town. Later that year Vita Maria and Biagio suffering the loss of their first child decided to move to The United States and settle in Chicago where Rocco who was named after his brother was born. They did not settle for very long. Because the economy in Italy was not very stable Biagio would be forced to find work in The United States while his family remained in Italy. For many years Biagio traveled back and forth from the United States to work and back to Italy to reunite with his family.