Joan Arends Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Joan Arends of Springfield, Massachusetts, born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, who passed away on August 13, 2020, at the age of 85, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Joan Arends to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her daughters, Gail Marsh and Elizabeth Bailey; her grandson Sean Watson; her parents, Lionel Edward Bonneville Jr. and Evelyn Jeanette (Boudreau); and her husband Louis Behan Arends.
She is survived by: her sisters, Janice Jarry and Gloria Dufresne; and her children, Nancy Knox (Mitchell Collum), Gregory Arends (Angela Dispenzieri), Diane Mackrell (William), Christine Van Nice (David Wayne) and Maryann Pirkey. She is also survived by her siblings, children, close friends.