Lifelong Palos Park Resident Turns 90

Palos Park was a very different place in 1921. Bob DeNovo would know.

DeNovo, 90, was born on June 6, 1921, in Palos Park and has called it home ever since. The community has grown and expanded around him. Throughout the years DeNovo has been a connection to the historical past of a suburb that can trace its roots back centuries. 

It was in 1952 that DeNovo ran into a burning home to try and save a young girl. Her death would spur DeNovo on to help set up the first fire department in the village.

On Monday, the Palos Park Mayor John Mahoney honored DeNovo with a proclamation celebrating his 90th birthday. Watch the included video to hear Denovo talk about his work with the fire district.