Joan E. Nelson

Joan Elizabeth (Homer) Nelson, a longtime resident of Readville, died Sunday, November 3, 2019 at the Milton Hospital.  She was 84.  Joan was born April 26, 1935, one of the ten children of Alloyous and Marie B. (Frietag) Homer.  She was the wife of the late Earl Howard “Huck” Nelson, and was the mother of James Nelson, and his wife Liz, of Holbrook, Linda Childs, and her fiance John, of Nashua, NH, and Laura Gallagher, and her husband Drew, of Sharon.  Joan was the grandmother of Kelly Newcomb, Amy Ethier, Jimmy Nelson, Jillian Nelson, Joey Nelson, Drew Gallagher Jr., and Brad Gallagher, and the great grandmother of Megan Ethier, Bella Newcomb, Colby Ethier, Baylee Newcomb, and Kennedy Ethier.  She was the sister of Joseph Homer and Barbara Hammel, and of the late Alloyous, Robert, Casper, and John Homer, Pearl Kiely, Marie Kelly, and Roses Colleran.  Visiting hours will be held Thursday, November 7th from 5 to 8 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton Street, Dedham.  Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral Friday at 10 am at the funeral home followed by interment in Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree.