This Mother’s Day, Joan Otis Hinken, in her 94th year of life, passed away to be with God in the care of her eldest son. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all and a model of willing service to all in need.
Joan was born in Winnetka, Illinois, on November 28, 1929, to James and Edwina Otis. She was the firstborn with two younger brothers, Elliot and Jim.
She received a master’s from the University of Illinois, specializing in Occupational Therapy. While vacationing with family in East Tawas, Michigan, she soon met her future husband, Michael Hinken, a promising young medical student.
The couple married in 1954 in Chicago as Mike continued to study for his Medical Boards and Joan started having babies. The couple moved to Wilmette, Illinois, where Mike began a medical practice, which eventually took him to Rockford, Illinois, where the family settled in 1965.
In 1995, Mike and Joan settled into retirement in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. Joan immersed herself in a wide range of community and charitable endeavors. She served as the Vice President of the Ladies Guild at Sacred Heart Church and also fulfilled the role of a Eucharistic Minister.
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