Leeber, Joan (Arduino) – Of Naples, FL, formerly of Newton, MA and Needham, MA, died quietly on January 8, 2006 in the Naples Community Hospital, age 89. Beloved wife of the late Anthony L. Leeber of 57 years. Devoted mother of Donald A. Leeber and his wife Jane of Falmouth, ME and Marco Island, FL; Robert B. Leeber and his wife Jeanne of Needham, MA and Naples, FL; and Susan Carroll and her husband Michael of Plano, TX. Loving grandmother of Mark, Brian and Greg Leeber, Tracy Connolly and the late Jeffrey Leeber. Sister of the late Eleanor Sonsini, Rose Beckerman, Lelay Lawrence and Angelo and Babe Arduino. Aunt of Joan Coyle of Conway, NH.
Funeral from the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 1305 Highland Ave., Needham, MA, on Monday at 9:00 AM. Funeral mass in Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church, Newton, MA at 10:00 AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visiting hours on Sunday from 5-8 PM. Interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Needham, MA.
Joan and her husband Anthony were successful in the restaurant business in Needham, MA prior to their retirement to Marco Island, FL in 1977. She was a Communicant of San Marco Catholic Church in Marco Island, FL and Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church in Newton, MA.