Full Text of SR0570 94th General Assembly
SR0570 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of E. Richard Zitzman of | 4 |
| Bethalto on January 3, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Born on July 12, 1924, in St. Louis, Mr. Zitzman | 6 |
| was a son of Elmer W. Zitzman and Dolly Shearer-Gentry; he | 7 |
| married the former Betty M. Garns in June 1949; she preceded | 8 |
| him in death on January 4, 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zitzman valiantly served his country as a | 10 |
| member of the U.S. Navy during World War II; he served on the | 11 |
| USS Saturn in the Atlantic, where he participated in the supply | 12 |
| of arms to the port of Murmansk, Russia, and in General | 13 |
| Patton's invasion of Sicily, where he was a landing craft | 14 |
| operator; he was later transferred to the aircraft carrier USS | 15 |
| Suwannee and participated in most of the major Pacific Ocean | 16 |
| conflicts, including the battle of the Philippine Sea and the | 17 |
| Marianas Campaign; his last Navy adventure was participating in | 18 |
| the Bikini atomic weapons testing in 1946; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zitzman was formerly employed at | 20 |
| McDonnell-Douglas as a machinist and was involved with the | 21 |
| Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft; he retired in 1985 | 22 |
| after 30 years of service; he was actively involved with the | 23 |
| Lewis and Clark Community College Ham Radio Club and was a | 24 |
| member of the Moro Presbyterian Church; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of E. Richard Zitzman is felt by all | 26 |
| who knew and loved him, especially his sons and | 27 |
| daughters-in-law, Fred and Carolyn Tripp, Robert E. and Teresa | 28 |
| Tripp, Roger E. and Terry Tripp, and David and Sharon Zitzman; | 29 |
| his daughters and sons-in-law, Beverly and Ken Edelman, Sandra | 30 |
| Hangsleben, Patricia "Lynn" and Paul Laughlin, and Robin Mugge; | 31 |
| his 14 grandchildren; his many great-grandchildren; his many |
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| great-great-grandchildren; and his sisters, Patricia Nooner | 2 |
| and Delores Doerr; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Mr. Zitzman was preceded | 4 |
| in death by his parents; his grandsons, Robert Pyle, Shawn | 5 |
| Tripp, and Jonathan Tripp; and his son-in-law, George E. Mugge; | 6 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 |
| E. Richard Zitzman and extend our sincerest condolences to his | 10 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 13 |
| sympathy.
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