Full Text of SR0866 94th General Assembly
SR0866 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of William Henry Dittmann, who passed away | 4 |
| on October 25, 2006;
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| WHEREAS, He was born on May 2, 1912 in St. Louis, Missouri; | 6 |
| his parents were the late Robert W. and Estelle (Bluthardt) | 7 |
| Dittmann; and
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| WHEREAS, William Dittmann married Catherine Siegmund on | 9 |
| November 30, 1935 in Webster Groves, Missouri; she preceded him | 10 |
| in death; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Webster Groves High School and | 12 |
| attended Washington University in St. Louis; he worked for the | 13 |
| Winchester Arms Division of the Olin Corporation for 44 years; | 14 |
| in 1933 he joined the Western Cartridge Company, a predecessor | 15 |
| company, as a shipping clerk; he worked his way up the ranks, | 16 |
| becoming assistant sales manager at East Alton in 1951; he then | 17 |
| went to New Haven, Connecticut to work as an ammunition | 18 |
| marketing manager; in 1961 he returned to Alton as central area | 19 |
| sales manager for the Winchester-Western Division, retiring in | 20 |
| 1977; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dittmann was involved in historic | 22 |
| preservation in the Alton area; along with his wife Catherine, | 23 |
| he spent much of his time after retirement preserving their | 24 |
| historic home in Alton; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, He was an avid sportsman, wildlife supporter, and | 26 |
| preservationist; he was a member of the Alton Landmarks | 27 |
| Association, Lockhaven Country Club, a supporter of the | 28 |
| National Rifle Association, and a member of the First Unitarian | 29 |
| Church of Alton; and
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| WHEREAS,
William Dittmann is survived by his daughter and | 2 |
| son-in-law, Jane Dittmann and Donald H. Voss; his | 3 |
| grandchildren; and his sister, Dorothy Mill Biggs; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, Robert W. | 5 |
| Dittmann II, and his
sister, Jane D. Betz; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 |
| his family and friends, the passing of William Dittmann; and be | 9 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of William Dittmann.
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