JoAnn M. Ream

JoAnn M. Ream

York & Cambridge, MD - JoAnn M. Ream, 88, entered into rest Sunday December 13, 2020 at the Haven at Springwood. She was the wife of the late Edward M. Ream, Jr. for 64 years.

A visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church 251 East Main Street, Dallastown. The Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11 a.m. at the church with Rev. Mark Weiss as celebrant. Burial will be in Holy Saviour Cemetery. The John W. Keffer Funeral Homes and Crematory, Inc., East York, is assisting with the arrangements.

Mrs. Ream was born November 3, 1932 in York, a daughter of the late John J. and Marie M. (Hendrickson) Ahern. She was a 1950 graduate of York Catholic High School, and a 1954 graduate of West Chester State Teachers College. She taught at Pine Street and Alexander Goode Schools, and St. Patrick School. She was Past President of York Deanery NCCW, and of the Women's Parish Council of St. Joseph Church in Dallastown. She was a Religious Education Teacher at St. Joseph Church and at St. Mary's Church in Cambridge, MD. She had served as a Board Member of the Catholic Women's Club, the Misericordia Convalescent Home Auxiliary, and the Cambridge Women's Club. She was a member of the York Hospital Auxiliary, the Cambridge Yacht Club, Cambridge Art Center, and the Dorchester Historical Society. She was a Friend of the Martin Memorial Library, and the Dorchester County Library.

JoAnn is survived by her children Edward M. Ream, III , Lisa Mummert and her husband Jeffrey, Michele Fauth and her husband Brice, Karen Hollerbush, Matthew Ream and his wife Barb, Lt. Col. Christopher Ream and his wife Ashley; 16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; one great great grandchild; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward, children Sheryl Ream, Shawn Ream, and John Ream, and sister Elizabeth Heller.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Church, Dallastown, PA or St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 1515 Glasgow St. Cambridge, MD.