Joan W. Faunce

Joan W. Faunce obituary, Seattle, WA

Joan W. Faunce

Joan Faunce Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4, 2023.
Seattle - Joan W. Faunce of Langhorne Manor, PA, passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 20th, 2023 at Aegis Greenwood in Seattle, WA. She was surrounded by her children Natalie Soucie and Craig Faunce. Joan was born in Abington Twp. to Howard Albert Gutgesell and Joan Wagner on November 25, 1940. She was raised in Langhorne and created a home for her own family in the town she loved so much. The neighborhood was especially important to her, as were the social gatherings and lifelong friendships she made there. She shared her childhood with her sister Carol and enjoyed spending summers with her family in Long Beach Island, NJ where she learned to sail. She loved music and was a talented piano player who had the ability to play by ear. She was a natural athlete; captain of the field hockey team and member of the cheerleading squad at Neshaminy High School. Neshaminy is also where she met her late husband Errol of 55 years and taught English and public speaking for twenty years. A graduate of Bloomsburg University, she valued intelligence and encouraged others to learn and grow. Although an avid sun worshipper, she especially liked it when there was bad weather, a fire in the fireplace, food she had prepared on the stove, and her family safely at home. She made friends easily and loved spending time with them on the golf course, at the dance studio, in Florida where she briefly resided in retirement, in Langhorne, and in Seattle where she briefly was cared for. Grandchildren Lydia and Evelyn Soucie of Roanoke VA and Madeleine Faunce of Seattle survive Joan and are reminders of her loving legacy. Family and friends are invited to Joan's Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, December 16th at 11:00 am at St. James Episcopal Church, 330 S. Bellevue Avenue, Langhorne, PA 19047. Flowers are welcome, and alternative memorial contributions may be made to the church.

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December 27, 2023

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December 15, 2023

Keith Gibson posted to the memorial.

December 3, 2023

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Keith Gibson

December 15, 2023

Joan Faunce was a woman of intelligence and principles. When I was a young man, I sought her guidance on very complex issue I was having with the school. Her response, to what she perceived to be an injustice, was one of the greatest acts of professional courage I have ever witnessed. I was awe struck by her courage then and I have carried its echoes with me throughout my life. Sometimes you find the most courageous hearts in the oddest places. Like, in a tiny little English Teacher in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Thank you Joan Faunce, you changed my life.

Tony & Lyn Day

December 3, 2023

As long -time neighbors in Langhorne Manor, we didn't realize Joan was a Neshaminy HS athlete...BUT, now we know why Joan almost caught our pesky neighborhood gorilla. You never knew when it would appear. One night it rang her door bell one time too many. She quickly grabbed bananas and, as the gorilla started running down the street, she raced down the street after it waving the bananas. Good bad it vanished into the night. As well a being a fabulous Scrabble player, she was also very good at theatrics....especially as one of the Witches from Macbeth. Once, at a neighborhood party, she stirred the pot every time a neighbor appeared. She would stir and moan "double, double, toil and trouble". We wish we had photos of Joan to share ... we also wish you could hear her play the piano...by ear.

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