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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Patricia
4 Faye Mateer of Mt. Vernon on Sunday, May 16, 2004; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mrs. Mateer was born on April 2, 1915, in
6 Indianapolis, Indiana, to John Edward and Dora Pearl (Widiman)
7 Fogarty; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mrs. Mateer moved to Mt. Vernon in the summer of
9 1931 from Des Plaines; she attended Mt. Vernon Township High
10 School and graduated in 1932; she married Walter Coyn Mateer on
11 January 9, 1942, in Mayfield, Kentucky; he preceded her in
12 death on March 9, 1998; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Mrs. Mateer was a homemaker and worked at Mt.
14 Vernon Car Manufacturing in the payroll office; she had been a
15 member of the Whippoorwill Club since 1952 and was a member of
16 Mt. Vernon Elks Lodge 819; she had been a member of First
17 United Methodist Church since 1942; she loved her family more
18 than anything else in the world; and
 
19     WHEREAS, The passing of Mrs. Mateer has been deeply felt by
20 many, especially her sons, Sam Mateer and wife Jo Ann and Mike
21 Mateer and wife Brenda; her grandsons, Michael Coyn Mateer and
22 fiancee Erin Street, Brian Christopher Mateer, and Samuel Coyn
23 Mateer; her granddaughters, Patricia Ashley Mateer, Lindsay
24 Ann Mateer, and Courtney Merideth Mateer; her brother, E.R.
25 "Ed" Fogarty and wife Velma; and her beloved nieces and
26 nephews, Pat Atkinson, Judy Andrews, Janice Aycock, D'Ann
27 Berson, John Ham, Marty McCrady, Gail Richardson, and Coyn
28 Richardson; therefore, be it
 
29     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
30 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

 

 

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1 mourn the passing of Patricia Faye Mateer, and we extend our
2 deepest sympathy to her family, friends, and all who knew and
3 loved her; and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to the family of Patricia Faye Mateer as an
6 expression of our sincere condolences during their time of
7 bereavement.