Joan Borowitz

Joan, you are a comet of light. You personified love of life. You shared your humor and creativity with all of us. Thank you and sending you all kinds of love.

I was a friend of Joan’s at Simmons College.

I provided care for Joan years ago and was unaware of her passing... My Thoughts are with you all....

I just looked Joan up and found out. We went to college together. Joan was absolutely brilliant - a brilliant impressionist and creator!! Omg - she was a light. I also know there was suffering. Joan, darling, I pray you are in utter joy.

I knew Joan from her Golden Pond days in Hopkinton, MA. She had such a generous spirit and a great sense of humor. There's a bit of Joan that stays with me still and comes out when I play piano or try to say something funny.

I went to Simmons College with Joan. She was a good friend and a real character. We went to the Hasty Pudding together to meet Valerie Harper. I wish I had looked her up before today.

I lived near Joan in Cambridge on Mass. Ave. We had great fun together in the 80's and 90's. We went to meetings, restaurants, and often just hung out at her large, sunny, top floor apartment. I loved her bright mind. It was never boring spending hours talking, drinking herbal tea, and playing with the cat or dog.

And she threw some great parties in that apartment too. Always with a charmingly eclectic crowd of folks in attendance. She will be missed! A truly unique soul.

Joan and I graduated from Olney Friends School in 1973 with a class of 26. My memory of Joan was of her as a kind, very observant, funny, witty person who was able to see things from another person perspective. I am a better person for having known her. My thanks to those who knew her in more recent times.

Barb Bray & I sat w/Joan and suffered through Miss Kirk's homeroom at Woodbury. We had a lot of fun tormenting Miss Kirk, and I remember Joan so fondly. I lost touch with her after we moved, ran into her older brother in law school but had often wondered what she was up to. So very sorry to learn that she has passed.

Joan was my first roommate at Olney. We had so many good times together. I can't imagine a more fun person to meet as a Freshman. After Olney we connected several times in Cambridge, MA where I attended her shows at the Ding Ho and we saw movies together in Harvard Square. I think about you often Joan. I offer deep condolences dear family and friends.