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Joan E. Fox

d. September 3, 2010

Joan E. (McNeil) Fox, a resident of Roslindale for 30 years, and formerly of Brighton, died Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at her home in Roslindale.  She was 67.  Joan was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on May 18, 1943, the third daughter of Edward and Muriel Ethel (Anderson) McNeil.  During her childhood she and her parents travelled and lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Havanna, Cuba, and Hamilton, Bermuda.  Joan moved to Boston during college.  She graduated from Boston University in 1965.  There she met David Fox, whom she married in 1966.  In 1972 she received a master’s degree in speech and language pathology from Northeastern University, and practiced as a speech therapist in the Weymouth public schools from 1972 to 1976.  In 1976 she was granted a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Community Mental Health Counseling from Northeastern University, and provided mental health treatment in clinics, agencies and outpatient facilities.  She specialized in family therapy, having received certification from the Boston Family Institute in 1979.  In 1980 she was employed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Deparrtment of Mental Health.  For ten years she provided mental health services to state inmates and their families in state prisons such as MCI Cedar Junction, MCI Norfolk, and MCI Framingham.  From 1990 until 1992 she worked as a staff psychologist at the Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center in the South End of Boston, training staff, providing psychoeducational services to homeless men and women, co-leading an AIDS education group, and providing consultation to neighborhood programs.  In 1992 she received a doctorate in clinical psychology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.  Dr Fox was the Clinical Director of Aftercare Services in East Boston from 1992 to 1995. In 1995 she joined a private practice in Norwood, Massachusetts where she provided a wide range of Psychological services until her retirement in 2007.  Throughout her career Dr. Fox also provided volunteer services to the developmentally disadvantaged adult community.  In December 2008 members of the Stratford Street United Church held a vigil for Joan and David, walking a labyrinth in silent prayer and in support of her treatment for cancer.  Dr. Fox was predeceased by her sisters, Lois McNeil Patchett and Marjorie Ethel McNeil.  She is survived by her husband David; loving nieces and nephews; and many close, caring friends.  Visiting hours will be held Tuesday, September 7th from 4 to 8 PM at the Folsom Funeral Home, 63 Belgrade Avenue, Roslindale.  Her funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 o clock at the Stratford Street United Church, 77 Stratford Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132.  Interment will be private.  In lieu of flowers donations to the Stratford Street United Church (address above) would be appreciated.

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