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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Verna E. 
4Horstman of Belleville, who passed away on October 17, 2010; 
5and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Verna Horstman was employed as a Juvenile Officer 
7for the Belleville Police Department and the City of 
8Belleville; she also worked as a fraud investigator for William 
9C. Scott and as a secretary for School District #189 in East 
10St. Louis; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Verna Horstman was a member of St. George 
12Episcopal Church; she served as a volunteer at Memorial 
13Hospital; she was also an avid Republican and a member of the 
14Republican Women's Club; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Verna Horstman was preceded in death by her 
16husband, William P. Horstman; her parents, Jesse C. and Mary 
17P., nee Mayer, Nichols; her brothers, Bill Nichols, Jesse "Jit" 
18Nichols, and Raymond Nichols; and her first husband, Eugene P. 
19Clayton; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Verna Horstman is survived by her children, Thomas 
21Clayton, Jana Riggins, Michael Horstman, James (Sue) Horstman, 
 
 
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1and Patrick (Denie) Horstman; her 7 grandchildren; her 5 
2great-grandchildren; her nieces, Nancy Cox and Sally Reiss; and 
3her sister-in-law, Betty Horstman; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
5NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
6mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Verna 
7E. Horstman; and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to the family of Verna Horstman as an expression of 
10our sympathy.