For 14 years Mr. Wittig spent his summer days in the park with children who were there under the recreation program. He had been crippled since birth.
To amuse the children, he took up wood carving and developed near-professional skill in turning out miniature furniture and other items for their play. A recreation official said yesterday. "He was the first to come in the morning and the last to leave at night. He will be missed."
Children of the park conferred an honorary and perpetual "mayorship" on him in a vote five years ago.
He was born here Jan. 27, 1907, the son of John G and Jeanette Wittig.
He leaves his father and stepmother, Mrs. Sadie Wittig, of Decatur; eight brothers, Albert, Louis, Kenneth, Leo, William and Bernard, all of Decatur. Delmar, seriously ill in St. Mary's hospital and Robert of the U. S. army; three sisters. Mrs. Catherine Peters and Lois Wittig of Decatur and Mrs. Freda Coffman of Gardenia, Calif., and a step-sister, Mrs. Olive Oglesby, Decatur.
The body is in the J. J. Moran & Sons funeral home where friends may call after noon today. Requiem high mass will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Thomas Catholic church. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
Obituary from The Decatur Daily Review, Page 3. Decatur, Illinois. 24 Jan 1949
For 14 years Mr. Wittig spent his summer days in the park with children who were there under the recreation program. He had been crippled since birth.
To amuse the children, he took up wood carving and developed near-professional skill in turning out miniature furniture and other items for their play. A recreation official said yesterday. "He was the first to come in the morning and the last to leave at night. He will be missed."
Children of the park conferred an honorary and perpetual "mayorship" on him in a vote five years ago.
He was born here Jan. 27, 1907, the son of John G and Jeanette Wittig.
He leaves his father and stepmother, Mrs. Sadie Wittig, of Decatur; eight brothers, Albert, Louis, Kenneth, Leo, William and Bernard, all of Decatur. Delmar, seriously ill in St. Mary's hospital and Robert of the U. S. army; three sisters. Mrs. Catherine Peters and Lois Wittig of Decatur and Mrs. Freda Coffman of Gardenia, Calif., and a step-sister, Mrs. Olive Oglesby, Decatur.
The body is in the J. J. Moran & Sons funeral home where friends may call after noon today. Requiem high mass will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Thomas Catholic church. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
Obituary from The Decatur Daily Review, Page 3. Decatur, Illinois. 24 Jan 1949
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George Wittig 1907-1949
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Albert Eugene Wittig
1908–1980
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Kathryn Harriett Wittig Peters
1910–2002
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Louis James Wittig
1911–1978
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John Wilbur "Jack" Wittig
1913–1922
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Freda Fern Wittig Coffman
1916–2010
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Kenneth Dwight Wittig
1918–1996
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Delmar Arnold Wittig
1920–1949
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Leo Arthur Wittig
1922–2001
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William Dean "Woody" Wittig
1924–2006
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Robert Gene Wittig
1924–2002
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Bernard Dale Wittig
1925–1981
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Lois Elizabeth Wittig Warnick
1927–1992
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Vonna Lee Wittig
1930–1931
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