BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — Joan Ann (Brown) Boyles, 92, of Bridgeport, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at United Hospital Center after a brief illness.
She was born on January 14, 1932, in Clarksburg, a daughter of the late Harry St. Clair Brown and Mildred Elizabeth (Braun) Brown.
On December 11, 1951, she married William “Bill” Boyles, who preceded her in death on September 2, 2000.
She is survived by a son, Patrick Boyles, and wife Connie; a grandson, Ryan Boyles, and wife Caragh; and a great-grandson, Christopher R. Boyles, all of Bridgeport.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Christopher W. Boyles; a brother- and sister-in-law, John “Jack” Brown and Wanda (Woofter) Brown; a sister and brother-in-law, Mary Elizabeth (Brown) Faherty and Paul Faherty; and a niece, Kimberly (Brown) Toothman.
Joan grew up in Clarksburg, where she was a 1949 graduate of St. Mary’s High School. Before her marriage, she was employed at Watts-Sartor-Lear department store.
Joan and her husband Bill moved around the country while Bill served in the U.S. Air Force throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including stops in West Palm Beach, FL, Denver, CO, and Anchorage, AK. They returned to Clarksburg in the early 1960s before moving to the Maple Lake community in Bridgeport in the early 1970s. Joan lived at Maple Lake for 50 years and was an active member of the Maple Lake Woman’s Club with many of her dearest friends.
She was a lifelong Mountaineer fan. Joan was a devout Catholic and a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Stonewood.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you donate to the Harrison County Humane Society, P.O. Box 4397, Clarksburg, WV 26302.
Friends will be received at Burnside Funeral Home, 607 S. Virginia Avenue, Bridgeport, on Wednesday from 4 p.m.-7 p.m., where the Vigil Service will be held at 7 p.m. to conclude the visitation. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Stonewood, with Father Kumar Reddimasu as Celebrant. Interment will follow in Bridgeport Cemetery.
Burnside Funeral Home, Bridgeport
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