Full Text of SR1064 096th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Dojna G. Barr, who passed away on October | 4 | | 30, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dojna Barr was born on January 18, 1932 in | 6 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia; her parents were Ellena (Naum) and Stojan | 7 | | Galich; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, After she earned her doctorate in medicine, Dojna | 9 | | Barr served her residency in psychiatry at Presbyterian St. | 10 | | Luke's Hospital and earned her board certification as a fellow | 11 | | in pediatrics, as well as in child, adult, and geriatric | 12 | | psychiatry; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dojna Barr served as the Director of Child and | 14 | | Adolescent Psychiatry at Chicago's Ridgeway Hospital, | 15 | | Naperville's Linden Oaks Hospital, and the Ottawa Hospital; she | 16 | | was also one of the first female staff members at Provena St. | 17 | | Joseph Hospital, where she served for over 35 years; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dojna Barr published 8 novels and was the | 19 | | recipient of the 2008 Fyodor Dostoyevsky Literary Award and the | 20 | | Peter Kocic Foundation Modern Literature Award in recognition | 21 | | of her literary achievements; she was also a passionate still |
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| 1 | | life painter; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dojna Barr was preceded in death by her parents | 3 | | and her husband, the Honorable William G. Barr; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dojna Barr is survived by her son, George Barr; | 5 | | her daughter in-law, Donna J. (McGee) Barr; her grandchildren, | 6 | | Aaron W. Barr, Lauren A. Barr, and Ian G. Barr; her sisters, | 7 | | Adina (Galich) Rakocevich (Sava), and Urania Galich Djucovich | 8 | | (Bora); her stepson, Michael Barr; her stepdaughters, Susan | 9 | | Helberg and Kathleen Kruger; and her cousin, Maria Naum | 10 | | (Bogdan); therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 | | her family and friends, the passing of Dojna G. Barr; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Dojna Barr as an expression of our | 17 | | sympathy.
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