Salvatore Ferrera, 77, social activist, economist, drum corps arranger

Salvatore V. Ferrera, 77, of Oak Park, died on Dec. 7, 2010 after a long struggle with heart failure. Born in Chicago on April 11, 1933, the oldest child of Salvatore and Angela Ferrera, he was an Oak Park resident since 1971 and father of six OPRF High School graduates.