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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 to learn of the death of Joan Cavaness (Graves) Edwards of |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 Anna, who passed away on December 20, 2024; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, Joan Edwards was born to Joe M. and Lena Mae |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 (Cavaness) Graves in Mounds on September 3, 1929; she was a |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 resident of Southern Illinois for all of her life, moving to |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 Anna when she was two years old; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 WHEREAS, Joan Edwards worked as an licensed practical |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 nurse (LPN) administrator at Choate Mental Health as well as a |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 dietary and purchasing agent for Head Start; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 WHEREAS, Joan Edwards was a community servant of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 highest caliber and always an outspoken advocate for Union |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 County; as a hospital board member for 25 years, her proudest |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 achievement was having the heliport at Union County Hospital |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 named after her due to her efforts in securing it; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 WHEREAS, Joan Edwards was a member of Mount Moriah |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 Lutheran Church and several other organizations, including the |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 Daughters of the Union Veterans and the Masonic Order of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 White Shrine of Jerusalem, where she held the honor of Past |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 Worthy High Priestess; she was also a Kentucky Colonel of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, a commission of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 distinction that can only be given by the Governor of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 Commonwealth of Kentucky; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 WHEREAS, Joan Edwards will be remembered as the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 "Queen-Mom" of her local Red Hat Society; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 WHEREAS, Joan Edwards was preceded in death by her |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 parents; her son, Major Louis Joe Wohlwend; her granddaughter, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 Jackie Edwards; and one great-grandson; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 WHEREAS, Joan Edwards is survived by her sons, Quinn |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 Edwards and Jason Edwards; her daughters-in-law, Holly |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 Wohlwend and Katie Edwards; her stepdaughter, Mary Lenigk; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12 five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; therefore, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 be it |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 Joan Cavaness (Graves) Edwards and extend our sincere |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17 condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18 her; and be it further |
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