1920
Joan
2012
Joan Watters Doyle
September 4, 1920 — October 9, 2012
Joan Watters Doyle
92, of Indianapolis died Tuesday, October 9, 2012. She was born September 4, 1920 in Fort Wayne, IN to the late John and Josephine Watters. She graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans, LA) in 1938 and studied art at Newcomb College (New Orleans, LA). Joan lived many places during her life including Vincennes, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, and Annapolis. She spent the majority of her adult life in Fort Wayne, before moving to Indianapolis in 1995. She had many different jobs, including insurance clerk, nursery school owner/director, buyer for Wolf and Dessauer Department Store, sales clerk at Crossroads Flowers, and unit clerk at Parkview Memorial Hospital, but she would always say that raising her five children was the most fun and rewarding job of all.
She was a people person and was active in the community in many ways, including through Junior League, Welcome Wagon, as a Girl Scout Brownie Leader, and as a Hospice volunteer. In her later years, she proudly lived on her own and enjoyed playing bridge, working crossword puzzles, and spending time with friends and family.
Joan is survived by her sister, Jeanne Young, and by her children, Patricia Jones (Jim Fowler), Michael (Alice) Doyle, Jim (Judy) Doyle, Sally (Dan) Richardson, and Dana (Jeff) Cristee, and by her grandchildren, Chris, Peter, Jonathan, Jason (Miranda), Brenna, Whitney, Marie, Matthew, Jackson, Sam, and Joey, and one great-grandchild, Henry. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Pat Ball, her second husband, Harry Doyle, and by her siblings, Jimmy, Jack, Joe, and Dody.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 13 at East 91st Street Christian Church, Indianapolis with visitation from 10:30 a.m. until the service begins at 11:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Parkwood Church of God, 3320 Trier Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46815 or Academy of the Sacred Heart, 4521 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115.
Arrangements entrusted to A.R.N. Cremation Services.
92, of Indianapolis died Tuesday, October 9, 2012. She was born September 4, 1920 in Fort Wayne, IN to the late John and Josephine Watters. She graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans, LA) in 1938 and studied art at Newcomb College (New Orleans, LA). Joan lived many places during her life including Vincennes, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, and Annapolis. She spent the majority of her adult life in Fort Wayne, before moving to Indianapolis in 1995. She had many different jobs, including insurance clerk, nursery school owner/director, buyer for Wolf and Dessauer Department Store, sales clerk at Crossroads Flowers, and unit clerk at Parkview Memorial Hospital, but she would always say that raising her five children was the most fun and rewarding job of all.
She was a people person and was active in the community in many ways, including through Junior League, Welcome Wagon, as a Girl Scout Brownie Leader, and as a Hospice volunteer. In her later years, she proudly lived on her own and enjoyed playing bridge, working crossword puzzles, and spending time with friends and family.
Joan is survived by her sister, Jeanne Young, and by her children, Patricia Jones (Jim Fowler), Michael (Alice) Doyle, Jim (Judy) Doyle, Sally (Dan) Richardson, and Dana (Jeff) Cristee, and by her grandchildren, Chris, Peter, Jonathan, Jason (Miranda), Brenna, Whitney, Marie, Matthew, Jackson, Sam, and Joey, and one great-grandchild, Henry. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Pat Ball, her second husband, Harry Doyle, and by her siblings, Jimmy, Jack, Joe, and Dody.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 13 at East 91st Street Christian Church, Indianapolis with visitation from 10:30 a.m. until the service begins at 11:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Parkwood Church of God, 3320 Trier Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46815 or Academy of the Sacred Heart, 4521 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115.
Arrangements entrusted to A.R.N. Cremation Services.
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