Joan M. Rees
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Joan M. (Sullivan) Rees, 89, a proud Air Force Veteran, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, May 8, 2022 surrounded by family after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease.
Joan was born on January 2, 1933 in Quincy, MA to parents James F. Sullivan and Mary A.(D'Arcy) Sullivan. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston College in 1954 and was a staff nurse at the Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center in Boston before entering the United States Air Force. Joan served as a First Lieutenant, AF Nurse Corps, stationed at Bolling AFB in Washington D.C. from 1956-1958.
Joan married Harry C. Rees Jr. on October 19, 1958 and raised two sons and four daughters after moving to Massachusetts in 1960. She leaves behind her two sons, Harry C. Rees, III and his wife Karen Anderson, Paul S. Rees, Sr., and his wife, Joan, four daughters, Deborah A. (Rees) Goelzhauser and her husband Rick, Patricia E. (Rees) Farrell and her husband Michael, Sr, Jacqueline M.(Rees) Dixon and her husband, Phillip, MaryAnn Rees, as well as 13 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
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