Reading, Massachusetts
May 19, 1936 – May 15, 2024
DRANE, Joan M. (Collins) Of Reading, May 15, 2024. Beloved wife of the late Charles J. Drane, Jr. Devoted mother of Nancy Drane and her husband, Dana Colarulli of Alexandria, VA and Charles J. Drane, III and his wife, Elena of Milton. Loving grandmother of Ailinn, Braeden, Emily and Alexandra. Cherished sister of the late John "Jack" Collins and his wife, Joyce Collins of Billerica. Sister in-law of Elizabeth "Betty" Gould of Reading and Lucile Drane of Norton. Funeral from the Douglass, Edgerley and Bessom Funeral Home, 25 Sanborn St. (corner of Woburn St.), READING, on Tuesday, May 21, at 9:30am, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Agnes Church, 186 Woburn St., Reading, at 10:30am. Burial to follow at Wood End Cemetery, Reading. Funeral home Visiting Hours are Monday, from 4:00 to 7:00pm. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Joan's memory to the Mission of Deeds, 6 Chapin Ave., Reading, MA 01867. www.douglassfuneralhome.com
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Please accept the sincere sympathies of the Emmanuel College community. May Joan and all our departed Alumnae rest in peace and rise in glory.
jeffrey smith
May 21, 2024 | Boston, MA | Friend
On behalf of The Bereavement Ministry of St.Agnes church/Christ The King Parish, we send sincere condolences. Joan will be greatly missed by many in our church community.
May 20, 2024
I was saddened to hear of Joan’s passing. She was a lovely woman!! She & Charlie were two of the sweetest people we met at St. Agnes when we moved to Reading 21 years ago. I am happy they will spend eternity together now. Our condolences to her children, grandchildren, friends and family.
Kathleen Wilcox
May 19, 2024 | Reading, MA | Friend
Our deepest condolences. Joan sounds like she was an amazing woman- ahead of her time and a model for those who knew her.
Matt Finnegan
May 19, 2024 | Hingham, MA
This book of memories is to serve as a record of the services you entrusted to us. We hope it will help to preserve treasured memories and that we, in some small measure, have helped to ease your burden and bring you comfort.
John B. Douglass & John B. Douglass II
May 16, 2024 | Reading, MA
