SR0099 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

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

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

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

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

WHEREAS, Catherine Mathis is survived by her husband, Charles; her nieces and nephews, Rosemary Mathis, Gale Mathis, Billie Mathis, Brenda Mathis, Ralph William Mathis, Diana Mathis, Tomi Christenson, Cheri Pritchard, James Mathis, Staci O'Hanlon, Mike Warren, Gloria Helderman, John Clyde Allen, Cathy Allen, Mary Allen, Tim Andrews, Roy Hamilton Jr., Paul Richard Hamilton, and Linda Hamilton; her many great-nieces and nephews; and a host of adopted relatives; therefore, be it

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

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