On October 23, 2020, Joan Frances Symenski passed away. She was the wife of Edmund J. Symenski and devoted mother of Valerie Yin and her husband Robert, Ronald Symenski and his wife Roxane, Edmund Symenski, Jr. and his wife Jayne, and Geralyn Wilfong and her husband Gerald; dear sister of Shirley Hambleton; loving grandmother of Aaron, Ashleigh, Corrin, Troy, Dane, Rion, Richard, and Rodger; cherished great grandmother of James, Sayda, Bryce and Elizabeth.
She was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania where she attended school in a one –room schoolhouse. She moved to Patterson, New Jersey and attended Eastside High School where she met her future husband, Edmund Symenski in 1952.
She did secretarial work until 1955 until the birth of her first child. She moved to Maryland in 1967.
During her 68 year marriage, she cultivated her love of reading, music, and shopping.
Graveside services will be held at Holly Hills Cemetery on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Joan’s name to the American Cancer Society and the Alzheimer’s Association.
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