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Don was in the Marines at the time, in flight school in Florida. Later, after stints in Corpus Christi, Texas, and in Japan, he was stationed at El Toro. They bought a new tract home on 15th Street in Santa Ana and eventually moved to Floral Park. Don be- came a successful real estate agent. While their five children were young, Joan was a stay-at-home mom, instilling in them the values she held dear: honesty, integrity, compassion and kindness. Joan encouraged her children to stand tall, fight for what they believed in and stand up for the little guy. She wanted them to take risks. "Just go do it!" she would encourage a child waffling about a new life adventure. She never raised her voice. Quite the contrary. The quieter she was, the more trouble you were in. Joan could go silent for days at a time when she was truly angry - which wasn't often. Joan was slow to anger, but not afraid of confrontation, which usually was on someone else's behalf. She was generally genial, warm and ready with a hug. She had a knack for drawing people -even total strangers - out of their reticence to talk. Her children's friends came to the house just to confide in Joan long after the children had moved out. She was especially comfortable with people one on one. Cocktail parties and large social gatherings were not where she felt -at home. But there were always people in the house - her many friends, who came by to chat, the children's friends, a neighbor who came for a cup of sugar and then stayed for dinner. There was always room for guests at Joan's table. Family vacations found the family in Yosemite Valley. Joan loved the wilderness and could sit for hours watching birds and listening to the wind whisper through the pines. Her children describe her as a news and politics junkie. She arose almost with the sun to read three newspapers before work and was horrified to learn that months after moving out, one son still hadn't subscribed to a paper. When her youngest son entered high school, Joan returned to nursing, working at the Orange County Health Department in child health and travel immunizations. She loved being a nurse. Working for her community was vital to Joan, who was active in the Assistance League, PEO and Ebell Club. And she never missed an election. The day before she died medicated and in pain, she was filling out her absentee ballot and making sure someone would deliver it to her polling place. ADJOURNMENT - 8:45 P.M. - To April 15, 2002 at 5:30 p.m. in the Police Chiefs Conference Room, 60 Civic Center Plaza, 4t" Floor, Santa Ana, California In Memory of Julio Sergio O'Cadiz Moctezuma, Florence Nalle, and 36an Rolleen Franklin Patricia E. Healy, Clerk of the Council COUNCIL MINUTES 124 APRIL 1, 2002