Full Text of HR0836 98th General Assembly
HR0836 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Viola B. | 4 | | Mattson of Antioch, who passed away on February 4, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Viola Mattson was born on November 7, 1929 in | 6 | | Chicago; her parents were Albert and Ragnhild (nee Petersen) | 7 | | Pedersen; she married Leonard Mattson on July 1, 1984 in | 8 | | Antioch; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Viola Mattson grew up in Chicago and attended Lucy | 10 | | Flower Girls School; as a young girl, she participated in the | 11 | | International Order of Rainbow Girls; in 1945, she moved to | 12 | | Antioch, where she worked at the Pedersen Danish Bakery until | 13 | | 1947; after attending Lake County Community College and earning | 14 | | her Licensed Practical Nursing degree, she went on to work at | 15 | | Victory Memorial Hospital for many years; she also worked as an | 16 | | independent distributor for Xango Foods since 2004 and was a | 17 | | Mary Kay saleswoman for 15 years; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Viola Mattson was a very active member of St. | 19 | | Peter Church; she also worked as the hostess of the annual | 20 | | Christmas in July family event and served as a Girl Scout | 21 | | leader for many years; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Viola Mattson was preceded in death by her | 2 | | parents; her first husband, James J. Walsh; her daughter, Linda | 3 | | Gerloff; her brother, Gordon Pedersen; her brothers-in-law, | 4 | | Irv and Frank Walsh; her son-in-law, Joe Ziemba; and her | 5 | | daughter-in-law, Pauline O'Kern; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Viola Mattson is survived by her husband, Leonard; | 7 | | her children, Daniel Walsh, Michael Walsh, Kathy (Glenn) | 8 | | Barham, Betty (Kenneth) Dahm, Carolyn Ziemba, Linda (Jeff) | 9 | | Hawk, and Leonard Mattson; her grandchildren, Ted (Cassie), | 10 | | James (Sarah), Joshua (Jennifer), Brittany (Angelo), Jenny | 11 | | (Tony), Margeau, Megan, Calla, Emily, Connor, Bobby, Caleb, | 12 | | Casey, and Camille; her great-grandchildren, Cayla, Chris, | 13 | | Jacquie, Alex, Amber, Mya, Lidya, and Evey; her sister-in-law, | 14 | | Ethel Pedersen; her nephew, Donald (Joanne) Walsh; and her | 15 | | nieces, Diane (the late Paul) Erckman and Karen (Marty) Staff; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 20 | | Viola B. Mattson; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Viola Mattson as an expression of | 23 | | our sympathy.
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