Joan M. Wilber

Joan (Amendola) Wilber Goddard, 57, a resident of Yarmouth, passed away in the presence of her loved ones on Friday, March 9, 2012. Beloved wife of William R. Goddard and loving mother of Lindsay Wilber. Joan is survived by her sister Janet Smith and her husband, Patrick, of Brockton, Massachusetts, brother Willie Amendola and his wife, Valarie, of Spring, Texas, and many nieces, nephews, grandchildren, extended family, and dear friends.

Joan was born July 13, 1954, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late Alfred A. and Mary P. Amendola. She graduated from Scituate High School in 1972 and earned an Associates Degree in Business Administration in 1974. Joan was the Vice President of Goddard Insurance Agency and a member of the Board of Directors of Independent Insurance Agents of Maine. She devoted much of her time to her community as a Trustee of Merrill Memorial Library, President of the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Co-Director of the Yarmouth Clam Festival, and Director of the Yarmouth Little League. An avid Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots fan, Joan loved sun, summer, boating on Casco Bay, good dancing music, tending to her flower gardens and window boxes, and above all else, spending precious time with family and friends.

A memorial service will be held at the First Parish Congregational Church, 116 Main Street in Yarmouth on Wednesday, March 14 at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Tufts Medical Center, c/o John K. Erban, MD, Clinical Director, 800 Washington Street #245, Boston, MA 02111 or the Merrill Memorial Library, c/o Heidi Grimm, 215 Main Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096.

Arrangements are in the care of the Lindquist Funeral Home One Mayberry Lane Yarmouth.

Please visit www.lindquistfuneralhome.com for additional information and to sign Joan’s guestbook.