Dear Joan, I am so sad and will miss you dearly. Please know I am thinking about you constantly. I am so grateful for the long time we spent making music together. You always made me feel safe and cared for and not judged. I loved our conversations and laughs and songs. You watched me grow up over about 20 years and touched my life in such a positive way. I will be forever grateful. To Joan's family: Joan was such a love. She had this quiet strength about her and always put others first. Her warm demeanor made her very calming to be around. Being around Joan was always a positive experience. Joan always met me where I was at without judgement or expectation. She was a rock for me and for others in her life, and never wanted recognition or attention for being kind and helpful; it's just who she was. I was always able to be myself around Joan. I am so sorry for your loss. Please know many people like me are saddened and shocked but also much better people for having known Joan. I am grateful that she was in my life. To Alison, Seth and Sam: She talked about you all the time and loved you beyond words. Your mom was a very special person. Love, Julie (Asztalos) Laquidara former singer at St. Bernadette Parish julie.k.asztalos@gmail.com

May the soft whisper of the trees in the wind spread Joan's soft gentle soul to the world. It's very difficult to accept Joan's sudden passing, I am still trying to hear her quiet soft foot steps in the hallway. Sending healing prayers and caring thoughts to All the family. Elizabeth Wrobel and All the employees of Wrobel Engineering.

Over the past 18 years I was blessed to have been able to get to know Joan through her work with us at the Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association. She started working with the Association 30 years ago or so and has always righted our ship. Her dedication to her family was always her priority and passion and her dedication to her work was tireless. She and I were emailing and texting right to the end because she was part of our work family that appreciated everything that she did for us. May you rest in sweet eternal peace Joan. .

I am sorry for your loss. I met Joan when our sons were deployed together. We have remained friends from afar. I pray for comfort for her family.

I have known Joan since 2003, when she helped me build the foundation of the software that still supports my business today. Over the years, Joan and I spent countless days, nights, and long hours together - working, talking, and sharing our lives. She was someone I deeply enjoyed, admired, and respected. Joan often spoke with such pride and love for her children, her family, and her passion for music. Those conversations always stayed with me. I am truly sorry that life's paths pulled us in different directions. But the memories of her kindness, her support, and the warmth she brought into my life will always remain. I can only hope I was able to give her even a fraction of what she gave me. My heartfelt condolences go out to her family. Joan, you were an important part of my life, and I will always be grateful for the time we shared.

Joan and I were roommates in Weymouth before she and Mike were married. We stayed friends and worked together (computer) for a number of years until I moved to Maine. Though our visits were less frequent after that, we stayed in touch. When we did connect, we always picked up where we left off. She was always a calm and steady presence and I enjoyed our times together. I know she loved her family fiercely. She will be missed by those whose life she touched. I will miss her. May her memory be a blessing to her family.

Joan was a lovely choir director at my church St. Bernadette's in Randolph, I will remember for her grace and kindness to all of us. When I had a Mass for my my deceased loved ones she always allowed me to choose some of the hymns for that Mass. I will always remember her for her spiritual nature and kindness. Rest in peace, Joan.

Dear Rimkus Brothers and Sisters, I'm so very sorry for the passing of your lovely Sister Joan. May she RIP🙏 My sincere condolences ❣️

So very sorry for your loss. Joan was a very special woman and will be greatly missed. I will always remember her from our time in choir.

We send all our love to Joan's Family. Each time she visited with Chad & I we visited about everything and what I will remember most is how she spoke of and adored her family!! May her guardian angel escort her swiftly Home, you all WILL be reunited with her again!! Kelli Cunningham

So sorry to hear this news. I had the opportunity to work with Joan and Mike for a number of years and I valued that relationship. I admired Joan's intelligence and her capable and steady approach to her work -- always calm and reassuring, and she always delivered good results. What a lovely woman. My heartfelt condolences to Mike, and all of her family.

Dear Mike and Family, There are just no words to describe how saddened we are at the passing of Joan. I have honestly. Never met a more giving person than Joan, especially when it came to helping in any way with music. I have so many fond, fond memories of all our years together singing at Holy Family in the choir, Lifeteen and at mass. Her giving nature will absolutely be missed by so many. Please know you are all in our thoughts and prayers. With much love, Kathy and Fred

I know Joan through Heather Kirby and had the pleasure of hanging out with her several times. She was authentic, kind and I just felt comfortable and truly accepted when I was around her, Her light shone through and seeped into all of those in her orbit. She will be missed. Love, Shelley Landry

to the Wotton Family Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the passing of Joan may you find comfort in the good Memorys of joan and may god bless and be with you at this time . Joan may you now be resting in the loveing care and arms of God . Parishioner of Holy family Church