Condolence From: Jimmy Dial
Condolence: Prayers for you and your family Joan. In the time that has passed many wonderful and many sad things have occurred in our world. The thoughts of your kindness have not changed.
Sunday July 12, 2020
Condolence From: DENISE BONARDI
Condolence: Hi mom remember the time when we took Joe to Ron Jons on the Island to get him the best skate board in America and also the best Backpack? Love you and miss you mom
Wednesday May 16, 2018
Condolence From: Tom Lembo
Condolence: Joan was a true jewel, and I always enjoyed her company. We are all thinking about you and your family. We will all miss Joan terribly.
Monday February 19, 2018
Condolence From: Jimmy Boy Dial
Condolence: Joan's tentacles of love have reached out in all directions to people she had befriended from places all over the country. I was just one of many of those.
Friday February 16, 2018
Condolence From: Annette K. Schreiber
Condolence: Joan and I met at the unlikely place of training to be victims of domestic violence volunteers. Joan and I remained friends, even after I left the program. She sent Christmas cards for years, and we'd run into each other now and then. She was a big hearted woman who would help anybody who needed it. She was so willing to give her time and effort to help others; and that is what I will remember most about her.
To her family, I send my deepest sympathy. I will keep you all in my thoughts and in my heart.
Tuesday February 13, 2018
Condolence From: Salvatore Marras
Condolence: I am very grateful to have been part of Joan’s life, and not only because she gave me Ann Marie. But also she gave me Denise, Diane, Mark, Joe and Michael and our family, Dante and Patricia, who all became so important to me. For me, seeing and meeting Joan for the first time, back in 1997, I know it is for sure that anybody, before or after, who met Joan had a similar feeling, that the moment she opened the door and you looked at her, when she welcomed and embraced you, that’s when you became part of her and your life. Thank you, Joan.
Monday February 12, 2018
Condolence From: Michael
Condolence: When I was first toddling on her floors, and for the first time shuffling my knees up a flight of stairs at her house in Harrington Park, I could not possibly hoped to have known the importance of these moments as they formed in something separate from my memory as it is today.
That is not to say that these moments, once shared between us in the preciousness of shared space and time, are somehow less important than those which I now can readily recall. In fact, I think that the moments that elude me now are much more important.
The extent of her care for me and the scope of her influence on me is something that is measured only by who I am today as a person, not by what is caught in something as fleeting and as changing as my own memory. I know that when I look at myself, I owe so much to her and always will.
Goodbye, Grandma. You will be sorely missed xx
Monday February 12, 2018
Condolence From: deborah
Condolence: What a great pal she was! Our time at STAC together and the trailer behind the poice station! I have such fond memories of spending time with Joan and "the girls" in the beachhouse in Maine! I will think of her with fondness always.
Monday February 12, 2018
Condolence From: Joe
Condolence: Growing up, visiting Grandma was a very special occasion and one that I looked forward to for months in advance. I looked up to her, but never felt like a child during our often long conversations. She made children feel valued and understood in a way that betrayed true sympathy. She took great altruistic pleasure in making her family happy, and it was dangerous to express a liking for anything when Grandma was around - you'd find it presented to you in a shopping bag moments later.
She was also hilarious, no matter what the circumstances. Whether through her humour, her work, or her charity, she was always trying to spread joy and love, and to put people at their ease. For this and many things besides, I'll miss you Grandma. X
Monday February 12, 2018
Condolence From: Teresa
Condolence: Dear Joan, from first time I met you I knew we were going to be good friend. First because you had Italiano in you😀 then because you cooked so good good!! Coming to your house was one of the best moments for me, we shared so much about many subjects of our life. I enjoyed all those moments and still remember your joyful spirit. You will always be in my heart beautiful smiling mama Joan.
Sunday February 11, 2018
