Joan Greene

Joan Delores Greene

Age 81 of Coal City, passed away Thursday morning August 23, 2012 at her home.

Born January 24, 1931 in Joliet, Joan was a daughter of the late John Anthony and Frances McEvoy-Jachino. She was raised and educated in Coal City; graduated from Coal City High School, and earned her Bachelor Degree in Music Education from the University of Illinois. Joan was a member of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church in Coal City, and will be remembered for her gift of music, in which she passed onto many students whom she taught over the years.

Survivors include her daughter Nancy (William) Lyday of Coal City; sister Mary Janice Jackson of Georgia; aunt Mary Barrett of California; nephews: Paul Jackson and Todd Jackson, and cousin Anne Swanson.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents and husband Frank A. Greene, Jr. (1988).

Visitation will be held on Monday August 27, 2012 from 10:00AM until time of 11:00AM Celebration of Life at Reeves Funeral Home, 75 North Broadway (one block North of Illinois Route 113) in Coal City. Burial will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wilmington.

Preferred memorials may be made as gifts in Joan's memory to Grundy Community Volunteer Hospice, 518 West Illinois Avenue, Morris, Illinois 60450 (www.GrundyHospice.org)

Friends may sign the online guest book or send private condolences to the family by logging onto: www.ReevesFuneral.com

Funeral services and arrangements have been made under the direction and care of Reeves Funeral Homes, Ltd. in Coal City. (815/634-2125)