Joanne Barnard

BARNARD, Joanne (Rogers) Joanne (Rogers) Barnard, 67, of East Hartford, beloved wife of Donald M. Barnard, died peacefully and unexpectedly, on Friday, (July 17, 2009) at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Born on November 19, 1941 in Worcester, MA, she was the daughter of the late Wayne and Ethel (Davis) Rogers. Joanne grew up in Worcester and W. Boylston, MA, and then settled in East Hartford where she has lived for over 44 years. Joanne was a lapidary and a home health aid with East Hartford VNA for over 20 years, while raising her family. She enjoyed the outdoors and was an amateur naturalist, growing vegetables and flowers, bird watching, studying insects and wild flowers. For over 40 years, Joanne and her family spent their vacations camping at Acadia National Park in Maine, where she enjoyed hiking, canoeing, fishing and cooking meals by the campfire. Besides her husband Donald, of over 47 years, she leaves a son, Donald M. Barnard Jr. and his fiancé Brenda Deal of East Windsor; a daughter, Christine and her family, husband Tim and sons Andrew, Justin and Daniel Neal of Harwinton; a brother, Thomas Rogers and his wife Pam of Port Angelis, WA and a close childhood friend, June Makynen of Spencer, MA. A graveside funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 23, at 10:30 a.m. Her family requests that everyone meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Carmon Windsor Funeral Home for a procession to the gravesite. Her family will receive friends on Wednesday from 5 - 7 p.m. at the Carmon Windsor Funeral Home, 807 Bloomfield Ave, Windsor. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Greendale People's Church, 25 Francis Street, Worcester, MA 01616. Please visit us at www.carmonfuneralhome.com for online condolences.