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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Lois Marion Mathews of Wonder Lake, who |
| 4 | | passed away on December 4, 2017; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews was born in Chicago to George and |
| 6 | | Elise Hartmann on November 6, 1931; she attended Alvernia High |
| 7 | | School in Chicago and Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; |
| 8 | | she married Thomas P. Mathews IV on February 2, 1952; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews was her husband's partner in the |
| 10 | | insurance, land development, home building, real estate, and |
| 11 | | utilities businesses; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews taught some of her grandchildren to |
| 13 | | play the piano; she also taught swimming; she created |
| 14 | | Fibromyalgia and Arthritis support groups and assisted in |
| 15 | | developing programs at Christ the King parish; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews had a love for water and lived on the |
| 17 | | lake for most of her life; she enjoyed boating, sailing, and |
| 18 | | most of all, swimming; her favorite pastimes were playing the |
| 19 | | organ, reading, and journaling; she also had a passion for |
| 20 | | travel and took several cruises, including one that took her |
| 21 | | around the world in a little over three months; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews was a loving and supportive wife, a |
| 2 | | nurturing mother, a treasured grandmother, and a valued friend; |
| 3 | | she appreciated life to the fullest and brought out the best in |
| 4 | | others; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews was preceded in death by her parents; |
| 6 | | her brother, James; and her sister-in-law, Jean Hartmann; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews is survived by her husband, Thomas; |
| 8 | | her children, Mary, Ruth (Marilyn), Thomas V. (Jodi), Terrance |
| 9 | | (Helene), Ann (Jeff), Stephen (Patricia) Norman (Kate), and |
| 10 | | Beth Mathews; her grandchildren, Thomas VI (Kasey), Tony |
| 11 | | (Ashley), Tyler (Suereea), Morgan (Mike), Justine, Kelly, |
| 12 | | Jackie, Mercedes, Austin, and Mason Mathews, Katie (Byron) |
| 13 | | Steine, and Kassy and Jessica Blaschak; her eight |
| 14 | | great-grandchildren; her brothers, Thomas (Mary) and George |
| 15 | | Hartmann; her sister-in-law, Pearl Mathews; and her many nieces |
| 16 | | and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 19 | | Lois Marion Mathews and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 21 | | further
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