Full Text of SR1243 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Lois Marion Mathews of Wonder Lake, who | 4 | | passed away on December 4, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews was born in Chicago to George and | 6 | | Elise Hartmann on November 6, 1931; she attended Alvernia High | 7 | | School in Chicago and Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; | 8 | | she married Thomas P. Mathews IV on February 2, 1952; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews was her husband's partner in the | 10 | | insurance, land development, home building, real estate, and | 11 | | utilities businesses; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews taught some of her grandchildren to | 13 | | play the piano; she also taught swimming; she created | 14 | | Fibromyalgia and Arthritis support groups and assisted in | 15 | | developing programs at Christ the King parish; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews had a love for water and lived on the | 17 | | lake for most of her life; she enjoyed boating, sailing, and | 18 | | most of all, swimming; her favorite pastimes were playing the | 19 | | organ, reading, and journaling; she also had a passion for | 20 | | travel and took several cruises, including one that took her | 21 | | around the world in a little over three months; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews was a loving and supportive wife, a | 2 | | nurturing mother, a treasured grandmother, and a valued friend; | 3 | | she appreciated life to the fullest and brought out the best in | 4 | | others; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews was preceded in death by her parents; | 6 | | her brother, James; and her sister-in-law, Jean Hartmann; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Lois Mathews is survived by her husband, Thomas; | 8 | | her children, Mary, Ruth (Marilyn), Thomas V. (Jodi), Terrance | 9 | | (Helene), Ann (Jeff), Stephen (Patricia) Norman (Kate), and | 10 | | Beth Mathews; her grandchildren, Thomas VI (Kasey), Tony | 11 | | (Ashley), Tyler (Suereea), Morgan (Mike), Justine, Kelly, | 12 | | Jackie, Mercedes, Austin, and Mason Mathews, Katie (Byron) | 13 | | Steine, and Kassy and Jessica Blaschak; her eight | 14 | | great-grandchildren; her brothers, Thomas (Mary) and George | 15 | | Hartmann; her sister-in-law, Pearl Mathews; and her many nieces | 16 | | and nephews; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Lois Marion Mathews and extend our sincere condolences to her | 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 21 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Lois Mathews as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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