Bill Text: IL SR1064 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dojna G. Barr.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-12-02 - Resolution Adopted [SR1064 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR1064-Introduced.html
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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
Dojna G. Barr, who passed away on October | ||||||
| 4 | 30, 2010; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dojna Barr was born on January 18, 1932 in | ||||||
| 6 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia; her parents were Ellena (Naum) and Stojan | ||||||
| 7 | Galich; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Dojna Barr was preceded in death by her parents | ||||||
| 3 | and her husband, the Honorable William G. Barr; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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