Retiring Elk Grove Village Trustee Jim Petri (right) with Elk Grove Fire District Chief Michael Sharp (left). Petri was in front of his plaque on the Rotunda Wall of Fame on the second floor of Elk Grove Village’s Charles Zettek Municipal Complex, after his induction to the Wall of Fame in May 2019. (Tom Robb/Journal photo)

Born in March 1934, Elk Grove Village’s “elder statesman” James “Jim” Petri died suddenly at his home last night (Thursday). Funeral arrangements are pending. 

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