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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 
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State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate the Hitzeman 
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Funeral Home Ltd. on the occasion of its 100th anniversary; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Hitzeman Funeral Home Ltd. has been serving 
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the residents of Chicago and the western suburbs with care, 
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compassion, and consideration since 1904; the Hitzeman name is 
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known throughout the Chicagoland community, not only for its 
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reputation of dignified service to people in grieving times, 
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but also for its community service and dedication to others; 
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the Hitzeman family is involved with area churches and schools 
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as well as the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce and the 
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Brookfield/LaGrange Park Lions Club; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Frederick H. Hitzeman came to the United States 
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from Germany as a child in 1882; in 1894, he married Pauline 
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Pechat, and in 1904, he started the Undertaking Business at 
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Keeler and 26th Street in Chicago; he used his home as his 
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chapel and horses and carriages were used for the funerals; in 
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1916, when they began using automobiles, Charles R. Hitzeman, 
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the third child of Pauline and Frederick, drove the hearse; 
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Charles became a partner in the business in 1928; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1945, Frederick received the deed for the 
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property in Brookfield that currently houses the business; in 
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1963, Norbert Hitzeman, the third generation to own the 
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business, opened the Hitzeman Funeral Home location in 
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Brookfield; for the next 13 years, the business maintained two 
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locations; in 1976, the location on 26th Street was sold; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In the fall of 1984, Norbert Hitzeman purchased 
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Hitzeman Funeral Home, P.C., from his father; in 1992, the name 
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of the business was changed to Hitzeman Funeral Home, Ltd., as 
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it was now a limited corporation; on September 18, 1995, Todd 
 


 






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Hitzeman bought the business from Norbert Hitzeman, making him 
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the fourth generation of Hitzemans to run the business; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 2002, Charles T. "Chuck" Hitzeman graduated 
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from the Worsham School of Mortuary Science in Wheeling, 
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becoming the fifth generation of funeral directors in the 
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Hitzeman family; in addition, he's the fifth generation of 
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Lions Club members and was recently elected president of the 
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Brookfield/LaGrange Park Lions Club; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate the Hitzeman Funeral Home, Ltd. of Brookfield on 
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the occasion of its 100th anniversary; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the Hitzeman Funeral Home, Ltd. as an expression 
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of our respect and esteem.