Joan E. DeMaeyer

Joan E. DeMaeyer, best friend and wife of Bev DeMaeyer passed away peacefully at their home in Blenheim on Thursday July 21, 2011 at the age of 62. Joan will be sorrowfully missed by her children Jo-Anne VanDyk, Michael DeMaeyer (Kerry) and Adam DeMaeyer (Lisa), by her grandchildren Geremy, Maxwell, Alexander, Zakery, Courtney, Nina and Keerstin, by her parents Helen and Lloyd Hazlett and by her siblings Linda Willimot, Tom Hazlett (Helen) and Karen Higgins (Rudy). She was predeceased by her brother Brian Hazlett in 1982 and by her brother in law Tom Willimot. Joan enjoyed reading, gardening and times spent with friends. Her true passion in life though was children. She loved her children, her grandchildren, her nieces and her nephews and all of the children at W.J. Baird Public School in Blenheim where she worked side by side with Bev as a custodian. Joan said that the best part of her job was the opportunity that it gave her to help children with their hats and boots, their winter coats and whatever else they needed her to do. She will be missed by many of her young friends there. Family and friends are invited to gather at the Blenheim Community Funeral Home to show their support on Monday from 2 – 4 and 7 – 9 p.m. A Funeral Service for Joan will be held in Glad Tidings Church on Tuesday July 26, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Tim Joyce of Word of Life Church officiating. Interment will take place in Evergreen Cemetery, Blenheim. Friends wishing to remember Joan with a memorial donation are asked to consider the Word of Life Church, the Cancer Society or in keeping with Joan’s love of children, the W.J. Baird Public School Breakfast Program.