Joan L Phelan

Grandma was an amazing person. I will forever cherish how you always tried to make sure Jessica and I had fun and learned something new when you babysat us. I'll be forever grateful for her letting me live with her and get to really know her. We'd chat for hours at her house or on our Sunday lunches after church. We went to countless musicals together and she even got me to join the church choir for a time. The way Grandma led her life has been what I strive for. She's nothing less than inspiring. I'm so glad to have known her. She's truly an angel.

Joan's father Leon was my grandfather (in his first marriage to Vera Stenner). Joan reached out to me a few years ago regarding genealogy of the family and she enthusiastically shared quite a bit of astonishing information she had collected over the years. She was very happy to find a family member who shared her interest in collecting these materials and understanding our shared ancestry and history. I corresponded with her on multiple occasions during the pandemic and shared with her various photographs and other historical data and tried to answer questions as best I could. It was quite a blessing to know her as a correspondent and also someone who had direct recollection of my mom (Jane Lamoreux) who was her 1/2-sister. My wife Susana and I offer condolences to all the Lamoreux family members over this loss. -- Gary Franzen (Pittsburgh, PA)