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E. Bitner Obituary
TRIVOLI - E. Duane Bitner, 83, of Trivoli passed away at 10:05 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at Farmington Country Manor in Farmington.
Duane was born on Oct. 5, 1926, in Pensacola, Fla., a son of Lemuel Everett and Florence M. (Fries) Bitner.
He was preceded in death by his mother and stepfather, Joseph Baer, who raised him.
He married Emily M. Wagner on March 26, 1948, in East Peoria. She survives.
He also is survived by his daughter, Valerie (William) Cole of Peoria; sons, Michael Bitner of Canton and Joseph "JC" (Susan) Bitner of Mexico, Mo.; sister, Wanda Perrine of Florida; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Duane was a U.S. Navy World War II veteran. He was involved in the development of the MIM-23 HAWK missile for the Raytheon Company in Massachusetts.
He retired, after 35 years of service, as a research chemist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Northern Regional Research Laboratory in Peoria.
He was a member of the Trivoli United Methodist Church and the Texas United Methodist Church in rural Trivoli, the American Oil Chemists Society, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, the National Rifle Association and the National Association for Amateur Radio.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at Clary Funeral Home, 428 W. McClure Ave., Peoria, with Pastor Ray Harrison officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Friday, Nov. 27, at the funeral home. Interment will be in Texas United Methodist Church Cemetery, with military honors provided by the U.S. Navy.
Memorial contributions may be made in Duane's memory to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Dementia in Parkinson's Research.
Duane's memorial Web site and online condolences may be accessed at www.ClaryFunerals.com.
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Rod Bothast
November 30, 2009
I worked with Duane at the lab and he was extremely helpful and willing as he designed a reactor to study grain storage. I also made many fishing and hunting trips to his property with Alan Lanser and others from the Lab as well as my Father, who had 99 good years. We will miss Duane. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy.
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