JUNIOR H. DITSCH, was born on 28 October 1925 to Mable nee Kling and Herless Dewey Ditsch in Amboy, Illinois. His brother John had been born four years earlier. Herless worked at a dairy.
Junior Ditsch served in the Navy during World War II. Doris Ann McCue and he were married in 1946. They lived at 628 Willett in Dixon, then at 203½ E. Boyd Street in Dixon. Their family included Karla, James, and Kathy. Karla died in infancy two days after her birth in 1954.
Ditsch began employment as an Electrical Worker at the Northern Utilities Company (Commonwealth Edison) in 1951. On 23 May 1962, he was a Lineman in Rock River District with six years of experience when was electrocuted while working in Dixon. While cutting off an energized 2400-volt service, the cutter handle contacted his left arm above his rubber glove. Ditsch's chest was against the grounded messenger wire and his left knee was touching an exposed through bolt. Electrical current passing through his body killed the thirty-six-year-old.∼Ditsch was survived by his spouse Doris; their pre-school aged children James and Kathy; and his parents. He was buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon, Illinois.
Listed on IBEW Local Union 15 Workers Memorial
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JUNIOR H. DITSCH, was born on 28 October 1925 to Mable nee Kling and Herless Dewey Ditsch in Amboy, Illinois. His brother John had been born four years earlier. Herless worked at a dairy.
Junior Ditsch served in the Navy during World War II. Doris Ann McCue and he were married in 1946. They lived at 628 Willett in Dixon, then at 203½ E. Boyd Street in Dixon. Their family included Karla, James, and Kathy. Karla died in infancy two days after her birth in 1954.
Ditsch began employment as an Electrical Worker at the Northern Utilities Company (Commonwealth Edison) in 1951. On 23 May 1962, he was a Lineman in Rock River District with six years of experience when was electrocuted while working in Dixon. While cutting off an energized 2400-volt service, the cutter handle contacted his left arm above his rubber glove. Ditsch's chest was against the grounded messenger wire and his left knee was touching an exposed through bolt. Electrical current passing through his body killed the thirty-six-year-old.∼Ditsch was survived by his spouse Doris; their pre-school aged children James and Kathy; and his parents. He was buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon, Illinois.
Listed on IBEW Local Union 15 Workers Memorial
Contributor: Terry (48522299) •
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