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of greetings, the very first thing she did was to extract from her purse a picture of Joe Witry, Sr.
If there were any doubt in Dick Witry's mind, it vanished at that point. He had found his
Luxembourg roots 17 years after his father's death, in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg.
Dick Witry 'with Anna Scher, her son Leon and his family
in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg, October 1984.
Dick is currently the Financial Secretary of Section 15, a post he has held since 1977. He is
also Vice-President of the Skokie Historical Society and a third degree Knight of Columbus,
Skokie Council. He, his wife Patricia and their son Daniel Joseph, reside in Skokie.
Lawrence F. Molitor, Jr. (married to Nadine Baldwin) was born November 7, 1949 in
Skokie. He is the oldest child of Lawrence F. Molitor Sr., a former Section 15 member, and the
late Patricia Standaert Molitor. Larry was educated at St. Peter's, St George High School in
Evanston and is a 1971 graduate of Christian Brothers College, Memphis Tennessee, with a
degree in civil engineering. Upon graduation, he worked for the Cerniglia Company of Melrose
Park, a construction firm specializing in sewer and pipe work. After leaving Cerniglia Company,
he joined MCC Powers, a Skokie industrial company, specializing in the nuclear power industry.
Larry and Nadine reside in Skokie with their two sons, Paul and Scott. Larry is currently the
Recording Secretary of the Section.
John W. Haben (married to Mary Anne McNulty) was born in Skokie on October 11, 1956.
The second child of R. William and Barbara Wilson Haben, he is the grandson of Ray W. Haben,
who was a Section member for thirty-four years.
John was educated at St. Peter's, Loyola Academy and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Upon graduation from College, he attended the Worsham Embalming School in Chicago and
joined his father and grandmother in the operation of the family business, Haben Funeral Home,
begun by his grandfather in 1923. He is currently a member of the Rotary, Knights of Columbus
and Skokie Valley United Way. John and his wife Mary Anne (who is of Luxembourg ancestry on
her mother's side) reside at 8051 Lincoln Avenue, Skokie, Illinois with their three children,
John Jr., Peter and Clare.
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