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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Alma A. VanMiddlesworth of Canton, who
4 passed away on November 19, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on June 11, 1915 in Orion Township,
6 Fulton County, to William H. and Elsie Jane (Johns) Peterson;
7 she married J. Esta VanMiddlesworth on October 2, 1934 in
8 Pekin; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Alma was an Avon Representative for many years and
10 had received several service awards; she was a member of the
11 First Church of the Nazarene in Canton; and
 
12     WHEREAS, She was past president of the Anderson School
13 P.T.A., and had a lifetime membership in the National P.T.A.
14 organization; and
 
15     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her
16 parents; her sisters, Hazel E. Ruey-Williamson and Mabel Davis;
17 her brother, George A. Peterson; and her grandchild, Shannan
18 VanMiddlesworth; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Alma VanMiddlesworth is survived by her son, James
20 Alan (Judy) VanMiddlesworth; her daughter, Peggy Jane

 

 

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1 (Darrell) Meisinger; her sister-in-law, Lucille Peterson; her
2 grandchildren, Tobi (Peter) Datillo, Nicolas VanMiddlesworth,
3 Cole (Darla) Meisinger, and Kathryn Bouton; her eight
4 great-grandchildren and her great-great-grandchild; therefore,
5 be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8 her family and friends, the passing of Alma VanMiddlesworth;
9 and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Alma VanMiddlesworth as a symbol of
12 our sincere sympathy.