In re Rawson

This is an application for benefits filed pursuant to the Law Enforcement Officers and Firemen Compensation Act, hereinafter referred to as the Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 281 et seq.), by Jean C. Rawson, widow of deputy fire chief Dean L. Rawson, who was employed in that capacity by the city of Rockford, Illinois, and who died on July 26, 1981.

The decedent is survived by his wife, the Applicant herein, and pursuant to section 3 of the Act she would be entitled to the entire sum of any benefits paid under the Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 283.

Based upon the report filed…