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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Catherine I. Mathis of Herrin, who passed 
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away on March 10, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born Nov. 19, 1920, in Kane, to Harold and 
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Freda (McAdams) Allen; she was united in marriage with Charles 
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T. Mathis on July 28, 1948, in the First Baptist Church in 
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Energy; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Catherine Mathis retired after 35 years as a 
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presser from Smoler Brothers Garment Factory in Herrin; she was 
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a member of First Christian Church in Herrin, Fin and Feather 
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Tuesday Night Girls, the Herrin Senior Citizens, and a 
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volunteer at the Herrin Hospital,; and

 

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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her 
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sisters, Eloise Andrews and Helen Hamilton; her brother, 
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Delbert Allen; and her  nephew, Mike Mathis; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Catherine Mathis is survived by her husband, 
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Charles; her nieces and nephews, Rosemary Mathis, Gale Mathis, 
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Billie Mathis, Brenda Mathis, Ralph William Mathis, Diana 
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Mathis, Tomi Christenson, Cheri Pritchard, James Mathis, Staci 
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O'Hanlon, Mike Warren, Gloria Helderman, John Clyde Allen, 
 


 






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Cathy Allen, Mary Allen, Tim Andrews, Roy Hamilton Jr., Paul 
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Richard Hamilton, and Linda Hamilton; her many great-nieces and 
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nephews; and a host of adopted relatives; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Catherine I. Mathis; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Catherine I. Mathis as a symbol of 
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our sympathy.