- Date Of Birth: May 5, 1926
- Date Of Death: July 11, 2008
- State: Illinois
Martin “Mike” Witzel, 82, of Ashton, died Friday, July 11, 2008, at Oregon Care Center. He was a lifetime Ashton resident and worked at the Henry Pratt Company in Dixon retiring in 1990.
Mike was born May 5, 1926, in Ashton, the son of William and Freida ( Jahn) Witzel. He served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II. He married Jacqueline Wisman on May 7, 1949, in Ashton.
Survivors include his wife Jackie of Ashton; one son, Jon (Faith) Witzel of Hendersonville, North Carolina and a daughter Denise (Terry) Greenfield of Ashton; and three grandchildren, Jenny (Greg) Cissna of Ashton, Gina Greenfield of Loves Park, Rebecca (Walter) Roell of Bloomingdale; and two step-grandsons, Ken (Maria) Taylor of Deltona, Florida, and Shawn (Debi) Taylor of Orlando, Florida, and four step-great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by a brother, Carl Witzel, and a sister-in-law Darlene Witzel.
