EUGENE JOSEPH DALLMIER, 88, of Arcola, IL passed away at 1:55 a.m. Monday, June 02, 2008 at his residence.
Gene was born on October 26, 1919 in Newton, IL. He was a son of Edwin William and Julia Victoria (Kerner) Dallmier. He married Juanita Hilgenberg on September 6, 1954 in Arcola, IL. She passed away on February 17, 2008.
He is survived by four brothers, Lorraine Vincent Dallmier and his wife Lucille of Willow Hill, IL, George Andrew Dallmier and his wife Hilda of St. Marie, IL, Richard Michael Dallmier and his wife Glenda of Olney, IL and Donald Joseph Dallmier and his wife Shirley of Arcola, IL two sisters, Madonna Schnieder of Northbrook, IL and Marietta Glatz of Kansas City, MO and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and an infant brother Andrew Dallmier.
Gene was a Navy Veteran of WWII. He was in the seed corn business since 1937. Before WW II he worked for Dallmier Seed in Newton, IL with his father. After the war he went to work for Crow's Hybrid Corn of Milford, IL for five years. He later became a partner with Myron Whisnand in Whisnand Hybrids for nineteen years. In 1970 he started Sturdy Grow Hybrids in Filson, IL and retired in 1987.
Gene was a member of St. John The Baptist Catholic Church in Arcola, IL, the Knights of Columbus and the American Seed Trade Association.