Joan Altman Swain

on August 1, 2020 in Coral Gables, Florida. She was predeceased by her husband, Herman Calvin

Swain and her son Irl Edward Marcus and her beloved Pomeranian Simba.

She is survived by her 2 sons Neil (Deborah) Marcus and Steven (Nancy) Marcus, her 5 grandchildren

Gina Marcus Melnick (Ilan), Lauren Marcus Couture (Pierre), Nicole Marcus Douma

(Jonathan), Sean Marcus (Elvia) and Matthew Marcus as well as her 9 great grandchildren

Benjamin & Jordan Melnick, Jeremy & Andres Couture, Jonathan Jr, Savannah,& Charlotte

Douma, Dalia & Calista Marcus.

Joan grew up in St Louis, Missouri where she attended high school and college. She moved to

Miami in 1959 with her 3 sons. She opened up an insurance agency and enjoyed great success in

that field. She was hired as one of the first woman agents ever hired by Allstate Insurance in

1967. She went on to have an illustrious career at Allstate winning many of the company’s top

awards. She retired from Allstate in 2017 and settled into family life.

Joan loved spending time with her 2 surviving sons and her grandchildren and great

grandchildren. She enjoyed going to the movies, watching movies at home, and going out to

dinner with her family. She was always surrounded by love and she will be sorely missed by

everyone that knew her.

Private services will be held at Mount Nebo Kendall Cemetery on Tuesday, August 04, 2020 at

10:00 AM. Due to COVID-19, there will be grave side services for the immediate family only. Neil

will have Shiva Services at his house along with Zoom Shiva services. Steven will have Shiva

services at his house along with Zoom Shiva services. Zoom information will be sent out shortly.