1951
Joan
2017
Joan Ann Wheaton
November 12, 1951 — September 29, 2017
Joan Ann Wheaton, 65 years of age of Hometown Ave., Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, passed away unexpectedly on Friday September 29, 2017 at St. Luke's University Hospital Fountain Hill.
Committed to her family, Joan is survived by her devoted husband of twenty-eight years, Daniel J. Wheaton; beloved children, daughter, Jennifer L. wife of Joe Spano of Indiana; son, Jeremy D. Wheaton of Indiana; sister, Donna wife of Steve Wilson of New York; grandchildren, Lyndsay, Emily, Kadin, Kylee; great grandchildren, Lucas, Lawson, Liberty; sisters-in-law, Linda Wheaton, Bobbie McGeehan wife of Brian, Pam Werner wife of Mark, and Sherri Jones. Many nieces, and nephews also survive Joan.
A 1969 graduate of Marian Catholic High School, Joan attended college and during a summer break worked at Air Products & Chemicals in Hometown. What was to be summer employment transitioned into a thirty-three year career, retiring in 2007 as a Inventory Control Specialist. Joan then began the job she most coveted, that of wife, mother, and grandmother.
Born in Coaldale, the daughter of Marie (Schietrumpf) Lehotta of Weatherly, and the late Edgar Lehotta. Joan was predeceased by an infant son, Daniel J. Wheaton, Jr.
Funeral arrangement's have been entrusted to the E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. of 655 East Broad Street Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252.
A Remembrance Service will be held from the funeral home on Wednesday October 4, 2017 at 11 o'clock A.M. Friends shall be received at the funeral home from on Tuesday evening October 3, 2017 from 6 to 8:00 P.M., and on the morning of services from 10:00 A.M. until time of services.
Interment, Sky-View Memorial Park Tamaqua, Pennsylvania.
Memorials in her honor to:
American Cancer Society
712 S. Keyser Ave
Taylor, Pennsylvania 18517
online registry and condolences may be signed at www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com
Committed to her family, Joan is survived by her devoted husband of twenty-eight years, Daniel J. Wheaton; beloved children, daughter, Jennifer L. wife of Joe Spano of Indiana; son, Jeremy D. Wheaton of Indiana; sister, Donna wife of Steve Wilson of New York; grandchildren, Lyndsay, Emily, Kadin, Kylee; great grandchildren, Lucas, Lawson, Liberty; sisters-in-law, Linda Wheaton, Bobbie McGeehan wife of Brian, Pam Werner wife of Mark, and Sherri Jones. Many nieces, and nephews also survive Joan.
A 1969 graduate of Marian Catholic High School, Joan attended college and during a summer break worked at Air Products & Chemicals in Hometown. What was to be summer employment transitioned into a thirty-three year career, retiring in 2007 as a Inventory Control Specialist. Joan then began the job she most coveted, that of wife, mother, and grandmother.
Born in Coaldale, the daughter of Marie (Schietrumpf) Lehotta of Weatherly, and the late Edgar Lehotta. Joan was predeceased by an infant son, Daniel J. Wheaton, Jr.
Funeral arrangement's have been entrusted to the E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. of 655 East Broad Street Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252.
A Remembrance Service will be held from the funeral home on Wednesday October 4, 2017 at 11 o'clock A.M. Friends shall be received at the funeral home from on Tuesday evening October 3, 2017 from 6 to 8:00 P.M., and on the morning of services from 10:00 A.M. until time of services.
Interment, Sky-View Memorial Park Tamaqua, Pennsylvania.
Memorials in her honor to:
American Cancer Society
712 S. Keyser Ave
Taylor, Pennsylvania 18517
online registry and condolences may be signed at www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com
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