<div><strong>One more dream: honoring</strong> <strong>Pasquale Rulli</strong>
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<div>Dawn Neal is organizing this fundraiser in memory of her uncle, Pasquale Rulli.
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<div>At age 18, Pasquale Rulli crossed an ocean in search of the American dream.
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<div>He found it – and lived it – in northern Indiana for more than seven decades. It was
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<div>there that he met his beautiful bride, Mary Lou, and together they raised a family
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<div>and built a business beloved in the community for nearly 50 years. Pasquale Rulli’s
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<div>in Mishawaka is legendary not only for its pizza and pasta, but for the warmth and
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<div>charm of its founder, who had arrived from his native Italy barely speaking a word
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<div>of English but with boundless hope and a work ethic beyond compare.
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<div>After juggling two to three jobs most of his adult life, Pasquale remained a
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<div>presence at the restaurant on Division Street until early in 2024. At 92, he still
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<div>worked there every morning alongside his son, prepping for the restaurant’s 4 p.m.
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<div>opening. This is a true family business, with Pasquale’s daughter, sons,
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<div>granddaughters and other family members staffing and running the restaurant,
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<div>upholding the same high standards set by their founder. Then came the sad news of
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<div>Pasquale’s sudden passing in April, just two months after he and Mary Lou
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<div>celebrated their 70 th wedding anniversary – an event that had been noted and
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<div>celebrated by local media.
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<div>When they exchanged their vows on February 24, 1954, Holy Cross Catholic
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<div>Church in South Bend had become another home for Pasquale and Mary Lou. Like
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<div>their restaurant, Holy Cross was a center of their lives. Faith had always been
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<div>Pasquale’s guiding light, and every Sunday the words of the priest sustained and
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<div>uplifted him. But in recent years, the historic church’s aging sound system posed a
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<div>challenge. “I no hear the priest!” he would say in his endearing way.
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<div>So Pasquale had one more dream. He often told his nearest and dearest that if he
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<div>ever won the lottery, he would replace the sound system at Holy Cross. There was
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<div>no thought of himself – only the church that he cherished. Surrounded by his four
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<div>children, numerous grandchildren and great-grandkids, and his beloved wife of 70
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<div>years, Pasquale knew he was already rich. In fact, he always believed he had more
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<div>than most people, needed nothing else, and thanked God many times a day for all
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<div>that he had been given.
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<div>One more dream. Would you please help us honor this remarkable man by making
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<div>it a reality?
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<div>A short video of Pasquale in his own words
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<div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGSBvcZ4Wjs" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGSBvcZ4Wjs</a>
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One more dream: honoring Pasquale Rulli

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