Full Text of SR0137 94th General Assembly
SR0137 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 regret of the death of Bennett V. Dickmann of | 4 |
| Edwardsville on Tuesday, March 15, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on September 5, 1916, in Peters' | 6 |
| Station, which is now Glen Carbon, to John and Anna Mateyka | 7 |
| Dickmann; he married Virginia Ward on January 4, 1939, in | 8 |
| Edwardsville; she preceded him in death on August 21, 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dickmann was a graduate of Edwardsville High | 10 |
| School and attended St. Louis University; his 43 years of | 11 |
| employment with the United States Postal Service was | 12 |
| interrupted by World War II, during which he valiantly served | 13 |
| his country in Europe with the Army Air Corps; and
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| WHEREAS, He was appointed postmaster by President Lyndon | 15 |
| Johnson and served in that capacity for 20 years; during his | 16 |
| early tenure, he was charged with the construction of the | 17 |
| Edwardsville Federal Building and Post Office and | 18 |
| implementation of delivery services to SIUE; and
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| WHEREAS, His memberships included St. Boniface Catholic | 20 |
| Church, the American Legion Post 199, V.F.W. Post 1299, a past | 21 |
| member of the Edwardsville Knights of Columbus, Edwardsville | 22 |
| Rotary, and the National Association of Postmasters of the | 23 |
| United States (NAPUS); and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Bennett V. Dickmann has been deeply | 25 |
| felt by many, especially his sons, Bennett W. Dickmann and | 26 |
| wife, Kathy, and Bruce Dickmann and wife, Donna; his daughters, | 27 |
| Barbara Dickmann McNeill and Bonita Dickmann Pasek; his | 28 |
| grandchildren, Bradley and Aubrey Dickmann, Brian and MaryBeth | 29 |
| Dickmann, Jane Reames, Robin Gallaher, Rita Wehling, Randy | 30 |
| Wehling, Sarah and Susan Pasek, and Anne Bertelsmann; his six |
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| great-grandchildren; and his sister, Leona Ostendorf; in | 2 |
| addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by | 3 |
| his brothers, Hilbert, Leonard, and John Dickmann; his sisters, | 4 |
| Margaret "Margie" Thurston, Estelle Toner, Ann Hickey, and an | 5 |
| infant sister; and his son-in-law, Glenn McNeill; therefore, be | 6 |
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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 |
| Bennett V. Dickmann, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 10 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 11 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincere | 14 |
| condolences.
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