Joan was a graduate of Spring Valley High School and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. On September 5, 1964, she married Barry G. Brooks at the Reformed Church of Spring Valley. She retired from Rockland County BOCES in 1997. She enjoyed genealogy research, local history, hiking, and bird watching.
Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, Glenn Brooks and Tammy Lafrancois, West Haverstraw, NY; and Kevin and Bernadette Plaisted Brooks, Monroe, NC; a sister Mrs. Gregory (Judy Wilde) Hintz, Arizona; five granddaughters and six great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents and a brother, Arthur Wilde, and a sister, Sheila Wilde Jensen.
Family will receive friends on Monday, April 15th from 4-8pm at Higgins Funeral Home in Stony Point, NY.
Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, April 16th, 10am at Higgins Funeral Home, 73 North Liberty Drive, Stony Point, NY followed by burial at Brick Church Cemetery in Spring Valley, NY.
In lieu of flowers, please makes donations to the ASPCA, Alzhiemer’s Assoc. or The Historical Society of the Palisades Interstate Park Region. PO Box 243 Tomkins Cove, NY 10986.
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