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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Bennett V. Dickmann of |
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| Edwardsville on Tuesday, March 15, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on September 5, 1916, in Peters' |
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| Station, which is now Glen Carbon, to John and Anna Mateyka |
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| Dickmann; he married Virginia Ward on January 4, 1939, in |
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| Edwardsville; she preceded him in death on August 21, 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dickmann was a graduate of Edwardsville High |
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| School and attended St. Louis University; his 43 years of |
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| employment with the United States Postal Service was |
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| interrupted by World War II, during which he valiantly served |
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| his country in Europe with the Army Air Corps; and
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| WHEREAS, He was appointed postmaster by President Lyndon |
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| Johnson and served in that capacity for 20 years; during his |
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| early tenure, he was charged with the construction of the |
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| Edwardsville Federal Building and Post Office and |
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| implementation of delivery services to SIUE; and
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| WHEREAS, His memberships included St. Boniface Catholic |
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| Church, the American Legion Post 199, V.F.W. Post 1299, a past |
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| member of the Edwardsville Knights of Columbus, Edwardsville |
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| Rotary, and the National Association of Postmasters of the |
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| United States (NAPUS); and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Bennett V. Dickmann has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially his sons, Bennett W. Dickmann and |
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| wife, Kathy, and Bruce Dickmann and wife, Donna; his daughters, |
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| Barbara Dickmann McNeill and Bonita Dickmann Pasek; his |
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| grandchildren, Bradley and Aubrey Dickmann, Brian and MaryBeth |
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| Dickmann, Jane Reames, Robin Gallaher, Rita Wehling, Randy |
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| Wehling, Sarah and Susan Pasek, and Anne Bertelsmann; his six |