Joan W. Faunce

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.