Carl, Juanita Juanita Carl was born in Springfield MO on May 27, 1937. She got a BS in Chemistry from Drury College in 1959 and a MA in Biochemistry from Washington University in 1962. She married James Lee Carl in 1963, and they traveled in Europe, where she did research at University College London. They settled in St. Louis, where she worked at Washington University with a focus on brain disorders until retirement in 2004. She volunteered for the Progressive Democrats. Juanita loved cooking and exotic cuisine; as a talented vegetarian cook, she specialized in bean soups. She loved to garden and valued the Earth, animals and human diversity cats were her passion. She is survived by her son Thomas, daughter Louisa and grandchildren Rio and Max DuBois. Donations to: Humane Society of MO at hsmo.org, offer memories and condolences at ripostafh.com.

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Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Mar. 3, 2019.

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Phillip Michaels

February 15, 2021

Those close to Juanita should know that the hand-marked paper ballot efforts for Missourians that she worked so hard for are slowly paying off. St. Louis County switched to hand-marked paper ballots last year and there is a bill in the legislature that has the best chance for passage ever. These changes are in large part due to the constant efforts--that Juanita was a large part of--that have been made over the last 13 years, not just this year's efforts.

Phillip Michaels

March 3, 2019

Juanita also worked tirelessly for election transparency in Missouri. In the effort to make paper ballots the standard for voting in Missouri she was a regular presence at the legislature in Jefferson City, at polling places to hand out literature, and in the letters to the editor in the Post Dispatch. She was a kind and gentle soul capable of great insight into any subject she took an interest in.

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