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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Dorothy Marie Pitzen of Johnsburg, who 
4passed away on February 18, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Dorothy Pitzen was born in Spring Grove on March 
623, 1922 to John and Emma Lay; in 1942, she  married Joseph 
7Himpelmann in San Francisco, California; after World War II, 
8they settled in Johnsburg; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Dorothy Pitzen worked many years for the Barr-Don 
10Corporation in Mount Prospect until she retired; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Dorothy Pitzen was involved in many organizations 
12and ministries at St. John the Baptist Church, including the 
13Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality, the Welcoming Committee, and 
14Prayer Groups; she was also a member of the Catholic Order of 
15Foresters, serving as an insurance agent; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Following the passing of her first husband, 
17Dorothy Pitzen married Paul Pitzen at St. John's in 1986; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Dorothy Pitzen was preceded in death by her first 
19and second husbands; her parents; her brother, Leander (Jean 
20Whiting) Lay; her sister, Agnes (Jerry) Klaus; her 
 
 
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1brother-in-law, Charles "Chuck" Weingart; her  sister-in-law, 
2Betty Kilday Lay; Joe's parents, Joseph and Julia Himpelmann; 
3and her sisters-in-law, Kay (Paul) Reindel and Barbara (Melvin) 
4Johnson; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Dorothy Pitzen is survived by her sister, Marie 
6Weingart; her brother, Edmund Lay; her children, Richard 
7(Diane), Joel (Carolyn), Mary (Jack) Weightman, Dave (Sue), 
8Betty, Barb (Tom) Kasting, Steve (Sue), and Ron (Karla); Paul's 
9children from his first marriage to Virginia, Joyce (Rex) Coon, 
10Paul, Jr. (Kim), and Loren (Cindy); other survivors include her 
1119 grandchildren, Danielle (Dave) Klein, Denise (Bryan) 
12Straube, Debbi and fiance, Steve Dolloff, Melissa (Jake) 
13Pereria, Matt (Lorene) Himpelmann, Jodi (Darren) Tate, Michael 
14(Elena) Weightman, Steve (Jen) Weightman, Julie (Mike) Dahlin, 
15Joe (Stacey) Himpelmann, Ann Marie (Alex) Chapman, Andrea (Joe) 
16Hawkinson, Gretchen and Ben Kasting, Lauren Himpelmann and 
17fiance, Matt Starr, Emma and Maddie Himpelmann, Shari (Mark) 
18Norman, and Kevin Himpelmann; her 25 great-grandchildren; her 
19great-great-grandchild on the Himpelmann side of the family; 
20the Pitzen grandchildren, Beth (Josh) Pranger, Brian 
21(Jennifer) Coon, and Christine and Samantha Pitzen; her 8 
22great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, 
23be it
  
 
24    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
 
 
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1ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
2Dorothy Marie Pitzen, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
3family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
4further
  
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
6presented to the family of Dorothy Pitzen as an expression of 
7our deepest sympathy.