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SR0088 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Joan Cavaness (Graves) Edwards of | ||||||
| 4 | Anna, who passed away on December 20, 2024; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Joan Edwards was born to Joe M. and Lena Mae | ||||||
| 6 | (Cavaness) Graves in Mounds on September 3, 1929; she was a | ||||||
| 7 | resident of Southern Illinois for all of her life, moving to | ||||||
| 8 | Anna when she was two years old; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Joan Edwards worked as an licensed practical | ||||||
| 10 | nurse (LPN) administrator at Choate Mental Health as well as a | ||||||
| 11 | dietary and purchasing agent for Head Start; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Joan Edwards was a community servant of the | ||||||
| 13 | highest caliber and always an outspoken advocate for Union | ||||||
| 14 | County; as a hospital board member for 25 years, her proudest | ||||||
| 15 | achievement was having the heliport at Union County Hospital | ||||||
| 16 | named after her due to her efforts in securing it; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Joan Edwards was a member of Mount Moriah | ||||||
| 18 | Lutheran Church and several other organizations, including the | ||||||
| 19 | Daughters of the Union Veterans and the Masonic Order of the | ||||||
| 20 | White Shrine of Jerusalem, where she held the honor of Past | ||||||
| 21 | Worthy High Priestess; she was also a Kentucky Colonel of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, a commission of | ||||||
| 2 | distinction that can only be given by the Governor of the | ||||||
| 3 | Commonwealth of Kentucky; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Joan Edwards will be remembered as the | ||||||
| 5 | "Queen-Mom" of her local Red Hat Society; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Joan Edwards was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 7 | parents; her son, Major Louis Joe Wohlwend; her granddaughter, | ||||||
| 8 | Jackie Edwards; and one great-grandson; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Joan Edwards is survived by her sons, Quinn | ||||||
| 10 | Edwards and Jason Edwards; her daughters-in-law, Holly | ||||||
| 11 | Wohlwend and Katie Edwards; her stepdaughter, Mary Lenigk; | ||||||
| 12 | five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; therefore, | ||||||
| 13 | be it | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Joan Cavaness (Graves) Edwards and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 17 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 18 | her; and be it further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Joan Edwards as an expression of our | ||||||
| 21 | deepest sympathy. | ||||||