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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of William Earl Wharton of Woodstock, who
4passed away on November 19, 2014; and
 
5    WHEREAS, William Wharton was born in Chester on October 18,
61917 to James G. and Edith (nee Katzmark) Wharton; he attended
7Lane Tech High School in Chicago; after graduation, he earned
8his pilot's license and joined the United States Army; he was
9first stationed stateside with an artillery unit and then sent
10to North Africa with the 36th Infantry Division from Texas; he
11flew several reconnaissance missions in North Africa and
12participated in the invasion of Italy with the 36th Infantry
13Division; he also helped to liberate the Mauthausen-Gusen
14concentration camp in Austria; he married Dorothy May Stahlberg
15on July 8, 1946; and
 
16    WHEREAS, After the war, William Wharton worked for Admiral
17and then Union Special as a quality control inspector; and
 
18    WHEREAS, William Wharton was preceded in death by his
19parents; his wife, Dorothy; his son, William Wharton; his
20brother, James Wharton; and his sister, Clarice Owen; and
 
21    WHEREAS, William Wharton is survived by his son, Timothy

 

 

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1Wharton; his 2 daughters, Kathleen (Don) Bennett and Sharon
2(Al) Emery; his 11 grandchildren, Beth Ann, Amanda, Kyle,
3William Sevcik, Suzanne Robinson, Rachael, Amy, Elise, Linda
4Kay Harner, Michael Harner, and Andrew Emery; and several
5great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
8William Earl Wharton, and extend our sincere condolences to his
9family, his friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
10further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to the family of William Wharton as an expression of
13our deepest sympathy.