Alex Snelius remains true to team he and his late wife loved
If you're a faithful viewer of White Sox television broadcasts, you've heard the name Alex Snelius, and most of you have probably wondered who he is.
Snelius is synonomous with White Sox home runs. Every time they go yard, he donates $100 dollars in memory of his wife, Ursula, who was a huge Sox fan.
"From the time I met my wife, Sox, always Sox, she loved it so much," Snelius said. "The first time I seen her I fell in love with her."
The Lithuanian immigrants were married for 47 years. They hit it big winning a $64 million lottery jackpot in 2000 and decided to give back.
Those home runs add up — the couple has donated more than $144,000.
"I always said I would rather donate home runs than take a trip around the world because I get more pleasure out of this," Snelius said.
"My mom passed away, she was the one that started it when they won the lottery," said the couple's daughter Cindy Sanocki. "She's like we have to do something, I am very proud of them."
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Go Sox! Good for you, Alex Snelius, my condolences on the loss of your life partner.
I think I remember this guy! He was on a lottery show talking abouit the white sox and how he had won the lottery. He liked cars and owned alot of them . His wife died and he has changed to make memorials to her. Something like that, anyways I know who youre talking about.
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What a good story and what a good guy!
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Finally a great story....This might be 1 of the first I have ever heard without anybody going broke somebody tryin to kill em suzi's on crack killed her boyfriend yesterday then blew her brains out.....Just lets you know that winning the lottery has positive effects....Great story....
I saw this guy on one of those Lottery Winners tv shows.He bought 7 homes for family members.His daughter & son-in-law had a house built that is a copy of Elvis Preslys Graceland.He bought some property and built a small chapel in memory of his wife.Seems like a real nice guy,but awful lonely.I hope all of that tv exposure doesn't put him in danger.