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Here's his daddy's obituary:

John Ciacchi, 93, ran construction firm Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) May 28, 2003 Wednesday, Final / All

May 28, 2003 Wednesday, Final / All

SECTION: METRO; Pg. B7

LENGTH: 290 words

HEADLINE: John Ciacchi, 93, ran construction firm

BYLINE: Wally Guenther, Plain Dealer Reporter

BODY:
Brooklyn- Services for John N. "Bulletproof" Ciacchi, 93, retired owner of the former Noel Construction Co. in Olmsted Falls, will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Rocco Church, 3205 Fulton Road, Cleveland.

Ciacchi died Saturday in his Brooklyn home.

He was born Giovanni Battista Natale Ciacchi in Genoa, Italy, and moved to the Cleveland area at a young age.

Ciacchi dropped out of school in the eighth grade and in a few years went to work for the Otis Steel Co., which later became Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

When he was 19, he was shot in the stomach as a result of a family argument in his home. He survived, and his co-workers nicknamed him "Bulletproof," said a son, Marc, of Brooklyn.

Ciacchi worked in the steel mills for about 20 years before beginning his own construction company in 1960.

He was a concrete contractor and worked on homes throughout the Cleveland area. During much of the 1960s, he ran his company during the day and worked at night at the General Motors Corp.'s Allison Tank Plant. Ciacchi retired in the mid-1970s because of health reasons. He and his wife, Rose, moved to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. They moved back to Brooklyn in 1987.

His family said he had taught himself to play the piano, harmonica, mandolin, violin and accordion.

Ciacchi was a 47-year member of the Elks and a member of the Knights of Columbus.

Surviving with his wife and son are a daughter, Caranina Chesmar of Lakewood; another son, John Jr. of Brooklyn; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. He and his wife had been married for 67 years.

Arrangements are by the Ripepi Funeral Home, 5762 Pearl Road, Parma.