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Street. Joan Franklin will be greatly missed by her family and many friends in the City. Councilmember Franklin requested that tonight's �) meeting also be closed in memory of his mother, and requested that the following obituary notice from the Orange County Register be included in the minutes of the meeting: Joan Franklin had a way of showing she cared Joan Rolleen Franklin Born: Feb. 22, 1933, Blue Mound, Kan. Died: March 6, 2002, Orange Survivors: Husband, Don; daughter, Deborah; sons, Brett, Scott, Kurt, Matthew; stepbrother, Robert Stoufer; seven grandchildren Memorial service: 11 a.m. March 22, First Presbyterian Church, Santa Ana. Arrangements by Brown Colonial Mortuary, Santa Ana. Obituary: She was a nurse, a nurturer and a compassionate listener who saw the worth in everyone. By ROBIN HINCH The Orange County Register Unlike her husband, Don, who charged around from one point of interest to another, or her daughter, Deborah, who had to read each historical marker, Joan Franklin, while visiting Ireland not long ago, just sat in a park, watching and chatting with people. At the end of the day, she knew as much as - if not more than - her husband and daughter combined about the town they were visiting. Historical buildings had their place, to be sure, but for Joan, it was the people who counted most - and from whom she learned the kinds of things she wanted to know. Joan cared deeply about the human condition - how people lived, what they thought, what brought them joy or fear. She had a gentle way of drawing them out, getting them to share their thoughts and ideas, and a persistent way of defending the rights of the underdog, Power and prestige didn't impress Joan much. It was humanity that touched her and the knowledge that there is extraordinary worth in every human being. She was a nurse, a nurturer, a compassionate listener and a subtle adviser who could dispense advice as painlessly as she could administer a flu shot. And she was known for her painless shots. Joan was 69 when she died of cancer March 6. She was born Joan Rolleen Elliott in tiny Blue Mound, Kan. She was 11 when her mother died and her father moved the family to Parsons, Kan., where she graduated high school in 1951. She obtained a nursing degree at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where she later worked as a nurse, and in 1956 married Don Franklin with whom she �) had been friends since seventh grade. COUNCIL MINUTES 123 APRIL 1, 2002