This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Salmon, Barrett, Fischer, Doody, Ruemmele, Lynch, Abbott Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3770 Message Board Post: Joan Margaret Salmon, 70 Friday, October 15, 2004 Joan Margaret Salmon, 70, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., previously of Wheaton, Ill., died of breast cancer at her home, Tuesday, Oct. 5. She was born Feb. 13, 1934, in Cylon, St. Croix County, the daughter of John and Honora (Barrett) Salmon. In 1952 she graduated from Hudson High School and received a bachelor of science degree from the College of St. Teresa in Winona, Minn., in 1956. Later she earned an advanced degree in social work from Loyola University in Chicago. She was a social worker with the Catholic Charities, first in Wausau and then in Joliet, Ill., for 30 years. She held various positions before joining the staff that worked with foster parents and foster child placements. She also was an avid Green Bay Packer fan. When living in Wheaton she was an active member of St. Michael Catholic Church, where she helped organize the church library Survivors are four sisters, Mary (Donald) Fischer of St. Paul, Barbara (Leo J.) Doody of Romeoville, Ill., Colette (James E.) Ruemmele of Hudson and Honora E. (Terrence P.) Lynch of Wauwatosa; and two brothers, John J. (Harriet) Salmon of Hudson and (her twin) Thomas Joseph Salmon of Oconomowoc. Preceding her in death were her parents, John and Honora Salmon; and three sisters, Eleanor Salmon, Rita Salmon and Eloise (Edward) Abbott. Visitation was at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, until the time of the Mass at 10 a.m., at St. Daniel the Prophet Church, 101 W. Loop Drive, Wheaton, Ill., with entombment at Assumption Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to Catholic Charities of Lombard, 26 W. St. Charles Road, Lombard, IL 60148 or Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization., 36964 Eagle Way, Chicago, IL 60678. Arrangements were with the Williams-Kampp Funeral Home in Wheaton, Ill. © 2004 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=11950&SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&S=1