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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Joan Provencio of Woodstock, who passed 
4away on June 1, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Joan Provencio was born on October 3, 1934 in Cold 
6Springs, Minnesota; her parents were Andrew and Marion (nee 
7Pryor) Slight; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Joan Provencio served as a volunteer and worked 
9for Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos Orphanage in Mexico and served 
10as Madre to thousands of children; she retired in 2010 as the 
11Executive Director of NPH International; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Joan Provencio was preceded in death by her 
13parents; her husband, Al Provencio; a sister, Marilyn Long; and 
142 cousins, Katherine McDonough and Janet Cremin; and

  
 
15    WHEREAS, Joan Provencio is survived by her cousin, Betty 
16(George) Boesen; 3 nieces, Mary (Brian) Fodor, Patty (Rusty) 
17Williams, and Susan Long; a nephew, Andy (Sharon) Long; and her 
18NPH family throughout the world; therefore, be it
  
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her 
 
 
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1family and friends, mourn the passing of Joan Provencio; and be 
2it further
  
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
4presented to the family of Joan Provencio as an expression of 
5our sympathy.