Full Text of SR0317 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Joan Wittman of Godfrey, who passed away | 4 | | on March 5, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joan Wittman was born to Leona and Alfred Beck on | 6 | | May 30, 1934; she graduated from Marquette Catholic High School | 7 | | in 1952 and married John Wittman in 1954; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Joan Wittman worked in the business office of a | 9 | | local Cadillac dealer and the insurance department at St. | 10 | | Joseph's Hospital; in 1955, she and her husband started a | 11 | | television rental business serving the three Alton-area | 12 | | hospitals; she worked 23 years as the "Television Lady" and | 13 | | worked daily except on Christmas; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Joan Wittman and her husband bought the family | 15 | | farm, which had been in the family since 1873, and moved there | 16 | | in the summer of 1964; she worked alongside her husband in the | 17 | | farming operation and became the manager of a hog confinement | 18 | | operation from 1978 to 1991; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Joan Wittman enjoyed going shopping and to | 20 | | auctions; she managed a large garden and enjoyed canning the | 21 | | produce; she was a 4-H leader and helped with Girl Scouts for |
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| 1 | | many years; she was President of the Tri-County Antique | 2 | | Auxiliary Club for several years; she and her husband made | 3 | | homemade lemon shake-up drinks at many local events for more | 4 | | than 20 years; they enjoyed going to the summertime Muny opera | 5 | | in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, where they were season | 6 | | ticket holders for 35 years from 1979 to 2015; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Joan Wittman was active in St. Mary's Catholic | 8 | | Church and served as a Eucharistic minister from 1988 to 2008; | 9 | | her ministry also served the Eunice Smith Nursing Home, Skyline | 10 | | Tower, the Four Fountains Nursing Home, and Hillcrest Assisted | 11 | | Living; she made home visits with Holy Communion and was the | 12 | | Chairperson for funeral lunches from 1998 to 2008, managing | 13 | | food donations and preparing food for bereaved families | 14 | | following their funeral services; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Joan Wittman is survived by her husband of 62 | 16 | | years, John; her daughters, Joan (Robert) Clark, Patricia | 17 | | (Roger) Dettenmeier, Marcia (Frank) Klunk, and Theresa | 18 | | (Andrew) Gratton; and her grandchildren, David Dettenmeier, | 19 | | Robert Clark III, Nicholas (Colleen) Dettenmeier, Matthew | 20 | | (Julie, fiancee), Dettenmeier, Katherine Clark, Adam | 21 | | Dettenmeier, Frank Klunk Jr., Jonathan Klunk, Sarah Gratton, | 22 | | and Lucas Gratton; therefore, be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Joan Wittman, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 3 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Joan Wittman as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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