Joan "Joanne" Drew Boone, 84, Inverness, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center. Born July 22, 1928, she was the daughter of George and Alice (Johnson) Drew of Arlington, Mass. She grew up in Arlington, Mass., and moved to Florida in 1992 from Bedford, Mass. She and her late husband of 48 years, Howard, summered on Bustins Island in Maine, where she was the librarian for many years. She graduated from Kents Hill School and Colby College, both in Maine. After raising her children, she worked as an emergency room secretary at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass. She was a member of the Citrus Garden Club and especially enjoyed participating in the club's efforts to beautify the Pine Hill Cemetery in Inverness. She volunteered at the former Ted Williams Museum in Hernando, as well as the Old Courthouse Museum in Inverness.
Survivors include her three sons, George A. Boone and wife, Cyndi, of Wooster, Ohio, Robert H. Boone and lady, Darlene Torres, of Leominster, Mass., and James R. Boone and wife, Nancy, of Salem, Mass.; daughter, Pamela B. Canu and husband, Robert, of Gardner, Mass.; brother, Raymond Drew and wife, Myra of Cincinnati, Ohio; sister-in-law, Marge Eaker of Mansfield, Mass.; and four grandchildren, Joshua and Melissa Canu, both of Gardner, Mass., and Robert and Michaela Boone, both of Wooster, Ohio. She also leaves many nephews and nieces and her many beloved friends in Florida, Maine and Massachusetts.
A funeral service for Mrs. Boone will be 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at the Heinz Funeral Home. The Rev. Frederick Ohsiek will preside. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until the hour of service. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Bustins Island Adult Library c/o Pam Canu, 89 Temple Street, Gardner, MA 01440. Heinz Funeral Home & Cremation, Inverness.
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Joan "Joanne" Drew Boone, 84, Inverness, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center. Born July 22, 1928, she was the daughter of George and Alice (Johnson) Drew of Arlington, Mass. She grew up in Arlington, Mass., and moved to Florida in 1992 from Bedford, Mass. She and her late husband of 48 years, Howard, summered on Bustins Island in Maine, where she was the librarian for many years. She graduated from Kents Hill School and Colby College, both in Maine. After raising her children, she worked as an emergency room secretary at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass. She was a member of the Citrus Garden Club and especially enjoyed participating in the club's efforts to beautify the Pine Hill Cemetery in Inverness. She volunteered at the former Ted Williams Museum in Hernando, as well as the Old Courthouse Museum in Inverness.
Survivors include her three sons, George A. Boone and wife, Cyndi, of Wooster, Ohio, Robert H. Boone and lady, Darlene Torres, of Leominster, Mass., and James R. Boone and wife, Nancy, of Salem, Mass.; daughter, Pamela B. Canu and husband, Robert, of Gardner, Mass.; brother, Raymond Drew and wife, Myra of Cincinnati, Ohio; sister-in-law, Marge Eaker of Mansfield, Mass.; and four grandchildren, Joshua and Melissa Canu, both of Gardner, Mass., and Robert and Michaela Boone, both of Wooster, Ohio. She also leaves many nephews and nieces and her many beloved friends in Florida, Maine and Massachusetts.
A funeral service for Mrs. Boone will be 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at the Heinz Funeral Home. The Rev. Frederick Ohsiek will preside. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until the hour of service. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Bustins Island Adult Library c/o Pam Canu, 89 Temple Street, Gardner, MA 01440. Heinz Funeral Home & Cremation, Inverness.
Sign the guest book at www.chronicleonline.com.
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