TEWKSBURY: Joyce A. (Reed) Corcoran, age 76, a resident of Tewksbury for 59 years, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the Merrimack Valley Hospice House in Haverhill.
She was the wife of William Corcoran, who passed away on September 14, 1998.
Born in Andover on May 7, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Mildred (Abbott) Reed.
Mrs. Corcoran was raised in Andover and graduated from the former Punchard High School in 1951.
Following her marriage on July 8, 1951, she moved to Tewksbury, where she and her late husband raised their family.
Mrs. Corcoran was a member of the Tewksbury-Wilmington Emblem Club and the Tewksbury Golden Age Club and Senior-Drop-In-Center.
She enjoyed knitting, sewing, completing word search puzzles and doting on her six grandchildren.
Mrs. Corcoran is survived by four daughters, Patricia A. Gustafson and her husband Richard of Wilmington, Maureen A. Willey and her husband Robert of Salisbury, Linda A. Carter and her husband Robert of Tewksbury and Margaret A. Michaud and her husband Joseph of Center Barnstead, NH; six grandchildren, William Carter of Boston, Sarah Carter of Seabrook, NH, Matthew Carter of Tewksbury, Erik Gustafson of Great Falls, MT, Lisa M. Gustafson of Wilmington and Jamie Ray of Center Barnstead, NH; one great granddaughter, Alexis Southern; five sisters, Mildred Waldie and her husband Charles of Andover, Bertha O'Brien and her husband John of Las Vegas, NV, Cora Rogers and her husband Jim of CT, Judith Estes and her husband Carl of FL and Beverly Ricci and her husband Nicholas of Methuen; also many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held Friday, Feb. 19, at 10 a.m., at the Farmer & Dee Funeral Home, 16 Lee St., Tewksbury, followed by interment at Tewksbury Cemetery. At the request of the family there are NO Calling Hours. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Merrimack Valley Hospice House, 360 North Ave., Haverhill, MA 01830.