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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Joan Hetta Barlow Van Note, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on October 16, 2015, at the age of 92; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Joan Van Note was born in
Hopkinton, Iowa to | ||||||
| 6 | Reverend Dr. Walter and Sarah Ellen (Greenwood) Barlow on March | ||||||
| 7 | 16, 1923; in 1929, the family moved to Ames, Iowa; in her | ||||||
| 8 | childhood, and as a
young adult, she was an accomplished | ||||||
| 9 | distance swimmer; she graduated from Grinnell College in 1944 | ||||||
| 10 | with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology; she received her | ||||||
| 11 | master's degree in nursing from Case Western University in | ||||||
| 12 | 1946; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Joan Van Note was in an auto accident in 1956, | ||||||
| 14 | before seat belts were in standard use; as a result of that | ||||||
| 15 | accident, she lived with a disability for 59 years thereafter, | ||||||
| 16 | never allowing that disability to slow her down; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Joan Van Note worked in New York City as
the | ||||||
| 18 | founder and editor of "Nurses Notes", a newsletter designed to | ||||||
| 19 | keep nurses updated on medical
advancements; she later | ||||||
| 20 | published "Report for Nurses"; she was honored to be one of the | ||||||
| 21 | first individuals to interview Dr. Jonas Salk regarding the | ||||||
| 22 | vaccine for
polio; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Joan Van Note relocated to the Midwest in 1970 and | ||||||
| 2 | continued working as a geriatric nurse and a realtor in
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| 3 | Wheaton; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, During her retirement, Joan Van Note moved to | ||||||
| 5 | Chicago to help raise her granddaughter; she sang in
the church | ||||||
| 6 | choir at Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation and | ||||||
| 7 | was a docent with the Unity
Temple Restoration Foundation; she | ||||||
| 8 | also continued to swim, enjoyed reading the New York Times at | ||||||
| 9 | the Oak
Park Public Library, and was well known throughout Oak | ||||||
| 10 | Park for walking everywhere, her cheerful demeanor,
and her | ||||||
| 11 | ready smile; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Joan Van Note is survived by her son, Allen | ||||||
| 13 | (Elizabeth Scanlan); her daughter, Sarah; and her | ||||||
| 14 | grandchildren, Sean (Anna), Liam (Devan), Eugene, and Grace; | ||||||
| 15 | therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 18 | Joan Hetta Barlow Van Note, and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 19 | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | ||||||
| 20 | it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to the family of Joan Van Note as an expression of | ||||||
| 2 | our deepest sympathy.
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