My mother had an up and down life. I only hope now she is finally at peace, I will miss her greatly and regret all the time we lost. I shall carry on strong for you. to the moon and the stars and back again

Message from Heather Payne

May 26, 2017 5:45 AM

Joanie, my newest friend, you will be missed; your smile, your daily banters and posts on Facebook. You took time to find and relish in beauty. I knew you through John and we'd yet to meet but we shall in heaven! My prayers are with your family and John. Much Love, Heather

Message from JV

May 25, 2017 12:32 PM

Looking at pictures and wondering where the happiness went... I am wracked with guilt, my heart is bleeding and I don't know what to do. Many have tried to answer and comfort over the past few days, but how can anyone but you and I really understand?

"She would want you to grow as a result of her own early leaving of this earth. She wouldn't want her passing to be wasted. So would want nothing less than for you to grow and change and become a better and more free human being as a result.

"I'm thinking you're feeling so much love and tenderness toward her now, and thinking that if you could have felt that consistently, she would have gleaned enough sense of worth from it that she wouldn't have felt compelled to die. But the fact is, no human being can be the raison d'etre for any other. So if it had saved her, it would only have saved her this time, not forever. Because sometimes you, too, need to be saved. You couldn't have sustained that."

-- Melinda Price Wiltshire

I do believe that we could have saved each other. Joanie, I loved you more than I even knew. My sins now lie revealed to me...the struggle between selfishness (my curse) and compassion. It is right that I suffer, as you did.

Message from June Crowley, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.

May 24, 2017 10:27 AM

I will miss our long talks. You ar at ret now. Jon, Im so sad for you. She really was happy for the first time.

Message from Rina Downey Shapiro

May 23, 2017 9:38 PM

Hello, Joanie always did the best she could. She always forgave. She always spoke of God and was a child of God. No one is completely understood, even in happy times. She went home.... in her own words and I believe she is welcomed. My sincere condolences to John and her Son and the rest of the family.

Message from Clinton & Rhonda Ward & Family

May 23, 2017 3:21 PM

Our prayers and thoughts are extended to the entire Family especially Our Jeremy, we love you forever. be Encouraged ....

The Wards
Lauderhill, Florida