Joan Talalas

Joan Talalas
of Chelmsford, was nurse; 61
CHELMSFORD - Joan (McBrine) Talalas, longtime Chelmsford resident, age 61, died on February 25, 2010, in Palm Manor Nursing Home.
Joan was born in Cambridge, MA on July 11, 1948, and raised in Watertown, MA, daughter of the late Madeline and Edward T. McBrine. She graduated from Mount Trinity Academy and from Mt. Auburn Hospital School of Nursing.
She worked as a Registered Nurse at Mount Auburn Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital in Lowell, and local nursing homes until she had to retire due to illness.
She enjoyed reading, gardening, dancing, and angels. She loved having her family around her.
Joan is survived by her son, Matthew Talalas of Chelmsford and his girlfriend, Carol Jenje of Londonderry, NH; and her daughter Monique Sass of Lowell; and two grandchildren, Ashley Sass of Lowell and Patrick Sass of Altmar, NY; her sister and brother-in-law, Pauline and Tom Barkalow of Woburn, and their son, Daniel and his wife, Vicka of Somerville. She also leaves her former husband, Jack Talalas of Chelmsford; and two former mothers-in-law, Dorothy Talalas of Burlington and Dorothy Small of Raymond, NH. She also leaves many friends and was also a friend of Bill W.
Talalas - Joan (McBrine). Visiting hours will be held on Monday, March 1, from 5 to 8 pm at the BLAKE FUNERAL HOME, 24 Worthen St., CHELMSFORD. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock on Tuesday at St. Mary Church, 25 North Road, Chelmsford. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in Joan's name may be made to Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., P.O. Box 631047, Baltimore, MD 21263-1047 or www.lupus.org.