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Joan Van Laten Obituary

Van Laten, Joan M. (nee Ebbens), age 80, beloved wife of the late Claude, loving mother of twin daughters Nora (Robert) Dickinson and Nancy Van Laten, fond sister of Ann Baker, Leona DeVries, Ruth Waterlander, Clara DeVries, and the late Elizabeth Piersma, Jessie Buikema, Christine Piersma, Andrew, Lambert, Margaret Pruim, and George. Joint owner and operator of family business Van Laten's Farm Stand at 101st and Western for over 55 years. Visitation Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until time of Funeral Service 12:00 Noon at Colonial Chapel, 15525 S. 73rd Ave. (155th/Wheeler Dr. & Harlem) Orland Park. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery. Memorials to Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Illinois, Inc., 310 W. Lake St., Suite 219, Elmhurst, IL 60126 preferred. Express your thoughts and condolences at www.colonialchapel.com 708-532-5400.

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Jun. 22, 2009.

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