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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of LaVerna Stone of Johnsburg, who passed 
4away on August 5, 2018; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, LaVerna Stone was born in Johnsburg on the Peter 
6F. Freund Dairy Farm to Peter F. and Susie (Miller) Freund on 
7September 15, 1923; she married John Stone at St. John the 
8Baptist Catholic Church on September 1, 1951; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, LaVerna Stone worked in the white room of her 
10father's dairy farm and enjoyed giving the neighborhood 
11children rides on her pony, Spotty; she then worked at Oaks 
12Manufacturing Company in Crystal Lake; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, LaVerna Stone was a lifelong member of St. John 
14the Baptist Catholic Church; she enjoyed dancing to 15-piece 
15bands, especially at Nels, the Fox Hole, and the Lake Geneva 
16Belvidere; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, LaVerna Stone was preceded in death by her 
18husband, John; her parents; and her sisters, Viola (Robert) 
19Snyder, Alice (Robert) Wilke, and Caroline (Everett) Thomas; 
20and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, LaVerna Stone is survived by her niece, Susan 
2(Jim) Geisler; and her many grandnieces and grandnephews; 
3therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
6LaVerna Stone and extend our sincere condolences to her family, 
7friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to the family of LaVerna Stone as an expression of 
10our deepest sympathy.