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William Arthur Bittle

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William Arthur Bittle

Birth
Alto Pass, Union County, Illinois, USA
Death
1 Jun 1988 (aged 79)
Alto Pass, Union County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Alto Pass, Union County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 7
Memorial ID
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ALTO PASS — W.A. "Arthur" Bittle, 79, of Route 1, died at noon Wednesday, June 1, 1988. at home.

Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral .Home in Alto Pass, with burial in Alto Pass Cemetery. Visitation will be after 8 a.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Cross of Peace Foundation or the Alto Pass Cemetery Fund.

Mr. Bittle had been chief dispatcher for the GMO Railroad, and had owned Bittle Orchards.

He attended St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cobden, and was a member of Elks Lodge 572 and Moose Lodge 1591, both in Murphysboro, GMO Historical Society, and the Union County Farm Bureau.

He was born August 9, 1908, in Alto Pass to William and Maude (Rendleman) Bittle.

He married Jo Calandro in 1960. She survives.

Other survivors include one daughter, Judy Lounsbury of Alto Pass; and one grandchild.

One brother preceded him in death.

Source: Southern Illinoisan, June 3, 1988

ALTO PASS — W.A. "Arthur" Bittle, 79, of Route 1, died at noon Wednesday, June 1, 1988. at home.

Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral .Home in Alto Pass, with burial in Alto Pass Cemetery. Visitation will be after 8 a.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Cross of Peace Foundation or the Alto Pass Cemetery Fund.

Mr. Bittle had been chief dispatcher for the GMO Railroad, and had owned Bittle Orchards.

He attended St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cobden, and was a member of Elks Lodge 572 and Moose Lodge 1591, both in Murphysboro, GMO Historical Society, and the Union County Farm Bureau.

He was born August 9, 1908, in Alto Pass to William and Maude (Rendleman) Bittle.

He married Jo Calandro in 1960. She survives.

Other survivors include one daughter, Judy Lounsbury of Alto Pass; and one grandchild.

One brother preceded him in death.

Source: Southern Illinoisan, June 3, 1988



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