IL HR0874

Congratulates William Edward "Ed" Voltenburg on his retirement from the Findlay Fire Protection District

Recognizes Voltenburg's firefighting career beginning as a volunteer with Neoga Fire Department on April 6, 1986, progressing through Cooks Mills Fire Department (1993), Sullivan Fire Department (2000), and Findlay Fire Protection District (August 2007), where he became fire chief in 2013

Acknowledges Voltenburg's professional qualifications as a certified firefighter, licensed EMT-Basic, and fire investigator

Highlights his entrepreneurial ventures including employment with Gingerich, Inc. since September 2001, Voltenburg Farms (established 2008), and Binion Lodge vacation rental property at Beaver Lake near Lake Shelbyville

Notes his community service as precinct committeeman for Precinct 4 of Sullivan Township and his family of one son, one grandson with another on the way, and three stepchildren