Joan Gulbin, 87
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Longtime Westerleigh resident Joan A. Gulbin, 87, the loving matriarch of three generations who achieved national renown as a dog breeder, died yesterday at home.
Born and raised Joan Smith in Brooklyn, she graduated from Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School.
Mrs. Gulbin moved to Westerleigh in 1953.
A homemaker and devoted wife and mother, she also bred champion miniature Schnauzers, and was active in dog shows for many years.
Mrs. Gulbin was a parishioner of Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church, West Brighton.
Her daughter, Barbara Gulbin, died in 1995.
Surviving are her husband of 65 years, John F.; her three sons,; her daughter; eight grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
The funeral will be Tuesday from the Harmon Home For Funerals, West Brighton, with a mass at 10 a.m. in Blessed Sacrament Church. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Pleasant Plains.
Published in The Staten Island Advance, Staten Island, New York, 2 Jul 2011
*Names of the living have been omitted from this article.
Joan Gulbin, 87
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Longtime Westerleigh resident Joan A. Gulbin, 87, the loving matriarch of three generations who achieved national renown as a dog breeder, died yesterday at home.
Born and raised Joan Smith in Brooklyn, she graduated from Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School.
Mrs. Gulbin moved to Westerleigh in 1953.
A homemaker and devoted wife and mother, she also bred champion miniature Schnauzers, and was active in dog shows for many years.
Mrs. Gulbin was a parishioner of Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church, West Brighton.
Her daughter, Barbara Gulbin, died in 1995.
Surviving are her husband of 65 years, John F.; her three sons,; her daughter; eight grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
The funeral will be Tuesday from the Harmon Home For Funerals, West Brighton, with a mass at 10 a.m. in Blessed Sacrament Church. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Pleasant Plains.
Published in The Staten Island Advance, Staten Island, New York, 2 Jul 2011
*Names of the living have been omitted from this article.
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Joan A.
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