- Joan Evelyn Carey
Age 89, of Hantsport, passed away peacefully with family by her side, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Dykeland Lodge, Windsor. Born on November 25, 1935 in Wolfville, she was a daughter of the late Roy Jodrey and Hilda (Millett) Higgin.
Joan attended school in Gaspereau, Wolfville High School and Needham, Massachusetts. She completed her schooling graduating with Secretarial Science from Acadia University. Joan was Princess Wolfville in the 1957 Apple Blossom Festival. Through her working years she was employed at Royal Bank of Canada in Wolfville, Minas Basin Pulp & Power, CKF Inc. and Brooklyn Insurance. She was a member of the Hantsport Baptist Church and choir, Ken-Wo Golf Club and the Red Hatters Group (Crown Jewels). Over the years, Joan taught figure skating in Windsor and Hantsport. In her spare time she enjoyed walking, skiing, golfing, music and dominos. She also enjoyed decorating for Halloween, Christmas and Easter and entertaining family and friends.
Joan loved having all her family together. Her sons-in-law liked joking about who she made the apple pie for. She loved travelling to other countries with her kids when they were young, Florida and Bermuda were the two most visited. When they grew up and as adults she travelled to Myrtle Beach with Paula to visit Renda and Casey to golf. She went to Florida, visiting Disney World and St. Petersburg several times with Paula, Tony and grandchildren, Jacob and Ashley. She also went to Florida with Paula to Sharon Boyd's daughter, Tara's, wedding. She travelled to Hawaii with Hilda and to the Calgary Stampede with Hilda and Randy Higgin. She went to Jamaica with Merle and Alberta to ski with Dale, Bev and Robert. Travelling was something she greatly enjoyed doing.
Joan is the last surviving member of her immediate family. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her daughter, Renda VanderToorn; brothers, Gerald and Dale Jodrey and sister, Dawn Croft.
Arrangements for cremation have been entrusted to DeMont Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 419 Albert St., Windsor (902-798-8317), where the family will receive visitors from 6-8 p.m., Monday, March 10. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 11 in the funeral home chapel, Rev. Jennifer Riley officiating. A reception will immediately follow in the funeral home’s Elmcroft Reception Centre. A private interment will be held at a later date in Riverbank Cemetery, Hantsport. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Joan may be made to Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia, 112-2719 Gladstone St., Halifax, NS B3K 4W6, Hantsport Baptist Church, PO Box 152, Hantsport, NS B0P 1P0 or Friends of Dykeland Lodge, 124 Cottage St., Windsor, NS B0N 2T0.
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1935 - 2025 (89 years)
