Background
His father was a tavern owner. He grew up in the "Back of the Yards"/McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago"s Southside.
United States representative politician
His father was a tavern owner. He grew up in the "Back of the Yards"/McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago"s Southside.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Fary attended Saint Peter and Paul grammar school and graduated from Holy Trinity High School. He attended Loyola University Chicago, Real Estate School of Illinois and Mid-West Institute.
He represented the Illinois"s 5th congressional district
In the legislature, he sponsored and co-sponsored bills to assist tavern owners and senior citizens and once sponsored a bill to raise the speed limit on Illinois highways to 80 miles an hour. This game had been outlawed as form of illegal gambling. Church and veterans" organizations had used the game as a source of revenue.
His partner in this campaign was Republican West.J. "Bingo Bill" Murphy.
His hobbies were fishing, hunting and golfing. He briefly marketed a brand of whiskey called "Bingo Bourbon" to commemorate the passage of the Bingo law.
He was one of the organizers of "The Donkey Saurkraut Club". He was also an insurance and real estate broker.
He would entertain children by making bunny rabbits out of a handkerchief and a could make a variety of bird calls from a blade of grass.
Fary was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States. Representative John Kluczynski and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (July 8, 1975-January 3, 1983). He served on the Aviation Subcommittee and was instrumental in rebuilding Midway Airport. He was one of several congressmen who pursued federal funding for a flood control plan for the South Side called the Little Calumet Watershed Plan, which Congress eventually approved.
He was defeated in the 1982 Democratic primary by Chicago Alderman Bill Lipinski.
He was named 1978 National Citizen of the year by a Polish newspaper in Buffalo, New New York In 1982, a railway bridge on 67th and Cicero in the Southside of Chicago was named in his honor. He was interred at Resurrection Cemetery, Justice, Illinois.
The funeral procession of nearly 100 cars was escorted to the church by Chicago police. Seven Roman Catholic priests, led by Bishop Alfred Abramowicz, auxiliary bishop of Chicago and pastor of Five Holy Martyrs Church celebrated the requiem mass accompanied by the bishop"s choir and violinists from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
250 mourners were in attendance.
He served as member of Illinois general assembly from 1955 to 1975. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, LaSalle General Assembly, Moose, Eagles, Kiwanis, Lions, Polish National Alliance, Polish Roman Catholic Union and Chamber of Commerce.
Children: James, Marian.