A CELEBRATION OF LIFE
JOAN COOK WING
monday, June 19, 2023
12PM -2:30Pm
woman's club of Evanston
1702 Chicago ave
Evanston, IL 60201
Join us at Noon for light lunch and libations
Our beloved Mother, Ma Joan, Joan Cook Wing passed away in the Fall of 2022 in Sanibel, Florida at the age of 89. Born to John Paul Cook and Gertrude Rollins Cook (Belle, WV) in Charleston, West Virginia November 20, 1932, Joan attended Queens College in Charlotte, NC and graduated from West Virginia University Institute of Technology.
Predeceased by her doting husband of 47 years John (Jack) Adams Wing.
Survived by her three loving children: Lloyd (Willy)William Montgomery (Cynthia) of Park Ridge, IL, Elisabeth (Beth) Paulette Montgomery (Eugene Tssui) of Emeryville, CA, and Mary Ellen Flaherty (Brendan) Sanibel, FL.
Adored by her nine grandchildren: Mary Chase Tsui, John Kenneth Wing Brice, Emma Joan Wing Brice, Paul Cook Montgomery, Jay Wing Montgomery, Paolo Raino-Tsui, Sorell Raino-Tsui, Carly Caceres, and Brendan Flaherty.
Remembered fondly by her seven great-grandchildren and many admiring friends.
Joan began her professional career as an English teacher at DuPont High School in Kanawha County, West Virginia and later in Prince George’s County, Maryland. After moving to the Midwest Joan pursued a law degree at Chicago-Kent law school. One of only three women in her class, Joan received her JD in 1974. Additionally, Joan was a devoted philanthropist, dedicating her time and talents hosting, fund-raising, and participating in numerous Chicago-area charities and civic causes: Children’s Home & Aid Society of Illinois, Evanston Garden Club, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Woman’s Board of Ravinia, Fortnightly of Chicago, and Woman’s Board of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Let us be grateful for the people who make us happy.
They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
-Marcel Proust
take me home, country roads
-John Denver
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, tear drop in my eye.
I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Driving down the road, I get a feeling
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads