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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Mary Katherine (Stegall) Lawton, who 
4passed away on September 20, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Mary Lawton was born on September 26, 1928 in 
6Woodlawn, Mississippi; her parents were Dewey L. and Jodie (nee 
7Wells) Stegall; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Mary Lawton served the Bunker Hill community for 
9over 65 years as a member of numerous organizations, local 
10school boards, and various county boards; she was also a 
11homemaker and a devoted wife and mother; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Mary Lawton was a member of Bunker Hill United 
13Methodist Church; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Mary Lawton was preceded in death by her parents, 
15her 3 brothers; and her sister; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Mary Lawton is survived by her husband, Lester 
17Lawton; her sons, Terry (Jean) Lawton and Charles (Chuck) 
18Lawton; her daughters, Diane Lawton, Gwen Lawton, and Dolores 
19(Tom) Brewer; her grandchildren, Tammy (Dave) Hall, Jodie 
20Brewer (fiance, Clay Peet), Aaron (Danielle) Brewer, Brian 
 
 
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1(Stephanie) Lawton, and Stacy (John) Hrnyak; and her 
2great-grandchildren, Moran and Jackson Hall, Kimberly and 
3Gunner Lawton, and Brady Hrnyak; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her 
6family and friends, mourn the passing of Mary Katherine Lawton; 
7and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to the family of Mary Lawton as an expression of our 
10sympathy.