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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of James McAleer "Jim" Spittel of Crystal
4Lake, who passed away on November 18, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Jim Spittel was born in Baltimore, Maryland to
6Robert and Geneva Spittel on November 29, 1924; he grew up in
7Catonsville attending both the Catonsville elementary and high
8schools; he graduated in 1942 and worked for the Rheem Mfg. Co
9in Baltimore before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in January of
101943; he served as a sonar operator aboard two destroyer escort
11ships, the USS J. Richard Ward, DE-243 and the USS Eisner,
12DE-192; after two years and 10 crossings of the Atlantic Ocean
13doing convoy duty and shore duty, he was honorably discharged
14on February 3, 1946; he married Mary Jane "Janie" O'Donnell on
15January 24, 1948; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Jim Spittel joined Minneapolis Honeywell
17Regulator Co. in Baltimore on September 8, 1947; in early 1949,
18he was assigned to the Washington, D.C. branch as an
19application engineer; he was given the task of project engineer
20for the 1950 renovation of the White House; this entailed
21engineering the first commercial centrally automated
22environmental control system in the United States; in 1973, he
23was reassigned to the Arlington Heights Honeywell factory and

 

 

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1engineering facility as a project manager for central automated
2control systems in locations such as Wright Patterson Air Force
3Base, Texas A&M University, and Harvard University; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Jim Spittel retired in 1985 and he and his wife
5started a new adventure of "RVing", where they towed Holiday
6Rambler trailers approximately 213,000 miles in all 48
7continental states, 13 states in Mexico, and 10 provinces in
8Canada; in 2002, he settled down in Crystal Lake, sharing his
9life with Janie and playing bridge; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Jim Spittel was preceded in death by his parents
11and his wife, Janie; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Jim Spittel is survived by his children, J. Craig,
13Barbara Ann, Judith M. Smith, and Timothy O.; his
14grandchildren, Teresa Lynn (Smith) Armolt and Chad Smith; and
15his great-grandchildren, Piper Armolt, Hunter Armolt, and
16Archer Armolt; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
18ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
19James McAleer "Jim" Spittel, and extend our sincere condolences
20to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be
21it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Jim Spittel as an expression of our
3deepest sympathy.