He was preceded in death by his parents, Donal Lockman and Margaret (Keenan) Daggitt; Evelyn (Ensign) Daggitt, his wife of 64 years; son, Donal R. Daggitt; daughter, Margaret Sue Fry; and brother, Donal Patrick Daggitt.
Surviving children include, Betty (Milton) Neuman, Bluffton, S.C.; William Michael (Betty) Daggitt, Reston, Va.; Steven Richard (Susan) Daggitt, Madeira, Ohio; John Thomas (Caroline) Daggitt, Bethesda, Md.; and Mary Christine (Michael) Tebo, Albuquerque, N.M.; 14 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren mourn his passing the day before Easter.
Ever young, Bill was engaged to be married in April to Mary Harris of Lisle.
Bill graduated from Trinity High School, Bloomington, attended Illinois State Normal University before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. He was a veteran of World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, as well as a veteran of the Korean War. Bill retired from the Air Force as a colonel in 1971.
Bill worked tirelessly as president of Catholic Migrant Ministries.
Published in the Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph
He was preceded in death by his parents, Donal Lockman and Margaret (Keenan) Daggitt; Evelyn (Ensign) Daggitt, his wife of 64 years; son, Donal R. Daggitt; daughter, Margaret Sue Fry; and brother, Donal Patrick Daggitt.
Surviving children include, Betty (Milton) Neuman, Bluffton, S.C.; William Michael (Betty) Daggitt, Reston, Va.; Steven Richard (Susan) Daggitt, Madeira, Ohio; John Thomas (Caroline) Daggitt, Bethesda, Md.; and Mary Christine (Michael) Tebo, Albuquerque, N.M.; 14 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren mourn his passing the day before Easter.
Ever young, Bill was engaged to be married in April to Mary Harris of Lisle.
Bill graduated from Trinity High School, Bloomington, attended Illinois State Normal University before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. He was a veteran of World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, as well as a veteran of the Korean War. Bill retired from the Air Force as a colonel in 1971.
Bill worked tirelessly as president of Catholic Migrant Ministries.
Published in the Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph
Inscription
BILL AND EVELYN WED MAY 20, 1942 IN TEXAS SHORTLY AFTER THE START
OF WWII. BILL WAS A FIGHTER PILOT WITH THE 13TH AIR FORCE IN THE
PACIFIC THEATER AND EARNED NUMEROUS MEDALS INCLUDING THE
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. EVELYN WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AFTER
GRADUATING FROM ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, NORMAL. DURING THE
WAR, EVELYN WORKED FOR THE ARMY AIR CORPS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
FROM THEIR MARRIAGE CAME SEVEN CHILDREN: BETTY JEAN (NEUMAN),
DONAL ROBERT, MARGARET SUSAN (FRY), WILLIAM MICHAEL, STEVEN
RICHARD, JOHN THOMAS, AND MARY CHRISTINE (TEBO). DESCENDANTS
INCLUDE 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 9 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
BILL AND EVELYN WERE ALWAYS ACTIVE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. AFTER
BILL RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE IN 1971, HE AND EVELYN BECAME
ENTHUSIASTIC ADVOCATES FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN
SOUTHWESTERN OHIO, A PASSION THAT THEY PURSUED WITH VIGOR DURING
THEIR TWILIGHT YEARS.
THROUGH THEIR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN
AND THEIR PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS, THEY MADE THIS WORLD
A BETTER PLACE.
THEY ARE MISSED, BUT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
REQUIEM AETERNAM DON EIS, DOMINE, ET LUX PERPETUA LECEAT EIS.
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