Joan E. Forrester

Joan Edith Forrester, a resident of Quincy for over 20 years, died Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Norwood Hospital after a brief illness.  She was 84.  Joan was born April 9, 1936 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the only daughter of Herbert Upham and Susanna Pauline (Sylvester) Forrester.  She was the sister of the late Reverend Rodney Leo Forrester. She worked in mail delivery services for the John Hancock Insurance Company for 44 years until her retirement in 1995.  Joan was a former Girl Scout and was a member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.  She was an active member of the First Lutheran Church in Boston, where she visited the shut-ins, and served as the treasurer of the church’s Tabitha Society.  She also volunteered for the Braille Association and the Lutheran Braille Workers for 30 years. Joan is survived by her dear friends Robert and Jackie Lawton of Foster, Rhode Island, and the Reverend Walter Reuning of Middleborough.  Services and interment in the Gardens at Gethsemane Cemetery in West Roxbury will be private.  In lieu of flowers donations to Lutheran Braille Workers, 13471 California Street, PO Box 5000, Yucaipa, CA 92399, or online at lbw@lbwinc.org, would be appreciated.