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I am moving the following uncited material here until it can be properly supported with inline citations of reliable, secondary sources, per WP:V, WP:CS, WP:IRS, WP:PSTS, WP:BLP, WP:NOR, et al. This diff shows where it was in the article. Nightscream (talk) 03:38, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Early life

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Her mother, Gladys Bonnebelle Mansfield, was born April 5, 1906, in Luck, Wisconsin, to Herman Conrad Peterson and his wife Emma Bonnebelle. Joan's mother, an accomplished violinist, studied music at the MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis and started teaching at age 15.

Philanthropy

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One of Kroc's first philanthropic endeavors was Operation Cork in 1976 in La Jolla, California. It aimed to inform doctors and other health workers about the dangers of alcoholism. Before that, she gave money to Rapid City, South Dakota for flood relief and to the local library.[citation needed]

After Ray's death in 1984, Kroc tried to donate his team, the San Diego Padres, to the city of San Diego, but Major League Baseball rules forbid public team ownership. Joan sold the team in 1990 and turned her attention to philanthropy. She drew controversy when she alluded to paying star and future Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith to maintain her garden at a time when he was refused a raise by her team's general manager.[citation needed]

The Joan B. Kroc Foundation donated $18.5 million to the San Diego Hospice Corporation (now known as San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine) in 1985 to create its multi-purpose hospice center. The donation covered the cost of planning, land acquisition (6.5 acres (26,000 m2)), construction and interior furnishings of the center.[citation needed]

Kroc also supported the Ronald McDonald Children's Charities and Ronald McDonald Houses.[citation needed]

The ranch in Santa Ynez, California that Krock inherited from Ray, known as the J & R Double Arch Ranch, was sold in 1990 to Gerald Kessler, an impresario in the vitamin supplements business.[citation needed]

Honor

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Joan Kroc was inducted into the San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame in 2004 hosted by the Women's Museum of California, Commission on the Status of Women, University of California, San Diego Women's Center, and San Diego State University Women's Studies.[citation needed]

Death and legacy

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Her will included significant bequests for a number of organizations.

On August 25, 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced that Kroc would be one of 13 California Hall of Fame inductees in The California Museum's yearlong exhibit. The induction ceremony was on December 1, 2009, in Sacramento, California. Kroc is also featured in the Museum's "California Remarkable Women" exhibition, which was founded by Shriver in 2004.