Official Obituary of
Joan O'Brien (nee) Hayden)
December 23, 2022
Joan Hayden) Obituary
IT IS WITH HEAVY HEARTS THAT OUR STRONG, KIND, LOVING MOM, NAN, SISTER, AUNT, AND BELOVED FRIEND, JOAN O’BRIEN (NEE HAYDEN) PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY AT THE GREAT AGE OF 81 YEARS OLD ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2022 SURROUNDED BY HER CLOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
PREDECEASED BY HER SPECIAL GRANDSON COLTON WHO HELD SUCH A SPECIAL LIGHT IN HER LIFE. NAN ADORED HIM AS HE DID HER AND NOW THEY ARE FINALLY AT PEACE TOGETHER.
JOAN ALSO GREIVED THE LOSS OF HER INFANT GRANDDAUGHT ER SUSAN (DAUGHTER OF TIMMY AND CONNIE), WHO LEFT US AT BIRTH.
JOAN IS ALSO PREDECEASED BY HUSBAND PATRICK, BROTHERS VINCE, STAN, MCHAEL, LAWRENCE, FRANK, RONALD, RANDELL, WILLIAM, CYRIL AND SISTERS HILDA, RITA AND SALLY.
LEFT TO MOURN IS HER DEVOTED DAUGHTER MICHELLE (SMITTY) WHO WAS HER BEST FRIEND THROUGH LIFE, DEAREST SON TIMMY (CONNIE) WHOM SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF AND LOVED DEEPLY, SPECIAL GRANDSONS TRENT AND PETE WHO SHE CHERISHED WITH ALL OF HER HEART, AND SON IN LAW MITCH (DAYLE).
NANS GRANDDAUGHTER “PRINCESS FAITH” WILL ALWAYS REMAIN HER PRIDE AND JOY. NAN SPENT EVERYDAY COOKING FAITHS FAVORITE MEALS, CHEERING HER ON AT THE RACE TRACK, DOING CRAFTS TOGETHER AND JUST LOVING EACH OTHER TO INFINITY AND BEYOND.
BELOVED BROTHER, HAROLD (NORA) WHO SHE LOVED DEARLY AND SHE WILL BE MISSED BY HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
LEAVING TO MOURN WITH A BROKEN HEART, SPECIAL NEICE ROXANNE HAYDEN. THEY SHARED AN AMAZING MOTHER DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP WITH ROXANNE AND JOAN TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP, JOAN LEFT HER BEST COMPANION AND TRAVEL BUDDY, GERTIE REDDY. THEY SHARED A BOND OF FRIEND AND MOTHER WITH MANY GOOD TIMES SHARED AND LIFE TIME OF MEMORIES MADE.
HER SPECIAL NEPHEW, BOB OBRIEN, WAS LIKE A SON AND WAS HER BEST KITCHEN BUDDY WHO WAS ALWAYS THERE TO LEND A HELPING HAND WHEN NEEDED.
AND SPECIAL MENTION OF HER NEPHEW PAUL HAYDEN WHO SHE LOVED.
JOAN WAS A MOTHER TO MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THE FAMILY AND STRANGERS ALIKE. EVERYONE CALLED HER NAN. JOAN CHERISHED EVERY MOMENT OF LIFE AND NEVER WASTED A SECOND. SHE ENJOYED LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND LOVED HER FAMILY DEARLY. EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER HOW SHE LOVED TO CELEBRATE ALL OCCASSIONS AND WAS THE ROCK, QUEEN MONARCH AND BOSS LADY OF THE HAYDEN FAMILY. ALL NEICES AND NEPHEWS ADORED AND CHERISHED HER EACH IN THEIR SPECIAL WAY AND FORMED UNIQUE BONDS FROM CALLING HER DAILY, SHARING A MEAL, HAVING A DRINK TOGETHER OR ASKING FOR HER ADVICE IN LIFES CHALLENGES.
THE PEOPLE OF CAPE BROYLE GREW UP KNOWING JOAN AS THER POSTMISTRESS AND CONFIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE WAS A CONSTANT PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY AND WAS LOVED BY ALL. WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY STORIES TO BE SHARED, EVEN ALL THE SANTA LETTERS SHE WROTE OVER THE YEARS.
REMAINS RESTING AT RYANS FUNERAL HOME IN BAY BULLS ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27TH FROM 1PM TO 7PM, AND WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28TH FROM 1PM TO 7PM. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL TO TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29TH AT 11AM FROM IMMACUATE CONCEPTION RC CHURCH, CAPE BROYLE WITH INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT OUR LADY OF THE CAPE RC CEMETRY, CAPE BROYLE.
WE HOLD YOU CLOSE WITHIN OUR HEARTS AND THERE YOU WILL REMAIN TO WALK WITH US THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. WE LOVE YOU.
FLOWERS GREATLY ACCEPTED OR DONATIONS TO THE CANADIAN DIABETIES ASSOCIATION IN LIEU OF FLOWERS.
SERVICES
PREDECEASED BY HER SPECIAL GRANDSON COLTON WHO HELD SUCH A SPECIAL LIGHT IN HER LIFE. NAN ADORED HIM AS HE DID HER AND NOW THEY ARE FINALLY AT PEACE TOGETHER.
JOAN ALSO GREIVED THE LOSS OF HER INFANT GRANDDAUGHT ER SUSAN (DAUGHTER OF TIMMY AND CONNIE), WHO LEFT US AT BIRTH.
JOAN IS ALSO PREDECEASED BY HUSBAND PATRICK, BROTHERS VINCE, STAN, MCHAEL, LAWRENCE, FRANK, RONALD, RANDELL, WILLIAM, CYRIL AND SISTERS HILDA, RITA AND SALLY.
LEFT TO MOURN IS HER DEVOTED DAUGHTER MICHELLE (SMITTY) WHO WAS HER BEST FRIEND THROUGH LIFE, DEAREST SON TIMMY (CONNIE) WHOM SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF AND LOVED DEEPLY, SPECIAL GRANDSONS TRENT AND PETE WHO SHE CHERISHED WITH ALL OF HER HEART, AND SON IN LAW MITCH (DAYLE).
NANS GRANDDAUGHTER “PRINCESS FAITH” WILL ALWAYS REMAIN HER PRIDE AND JOY. NAN SPENT EVERYDAY COOKING FAITHS FAVORITE MEALS, CHEERING HER ON AT THE RACE TRACK, DOING CRAFTS TOGETHER AND JUST LOVING EACH OTHER TO INFINITY AND BEYOND.
BELOVED BROTHER, HAROLD (NORA) WHO SHE LOVED DEARLY AND SHE WILL BE MISSED BY HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
LEAVING TO MOURN WITH A BROKEN HEART, SPECIAL NEICE ROXANNE HAYDEN. THEY SHARED AN AMAZING MOTHER DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP WITH ROXANNE AND JOAN TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP, JOAN LEFT HER BEST COMPANION AND TRAVEL BUDDY, GERTIE REDDY. THEY SHARED A BOND OF FRIEND AND MOTHER WITH MANY GOOD TIMES SHARED AND LIFE TIME OF MEMORIES MADE.
HER SPECIAL NEPHEW, BOB OBRIEN, WAS LIKE A SON AND WAS HER BEST KITCHEN BUDDY WHO WAS ALWAYS THERE TO LEND A HELPING HAND WHEN NEEDED.
AND SPECIAL MENTION OF HER NEPHEW PAUL HAYDEN WHO SHE LOVED.
JOAN WAS A MOTHER TO MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THE FAMILY AND STRANGERS ALIKE. EVERYONE CALLED HER NAN. JOAN CHERISHED EVERY MOMENT OF LIFE AND NEVER WASTED A SECOND. SHE ENJOYED LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND LOVED HER FAMILY DEARLY. EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER HOW SHE LOVED TO CELEBRATE ALL OCCASSIONS AND WAS THE ROCK, QUEEN MONARCH AND BOSS LADY OF THE HAYDEN FAMILY. ALL NEICES AND NEPHEWS ADORED AND CHERISHED HER EACH IN THEIR SPECIAL WAY AND FORMED UNIQUE BONDS FROM CALLING HER DAILY, SHARING A MEAL, HAVING A DRINK TOGETHER OR ASKING FOR HER ADVICE IN LIFES CHALLENGES.
THE PEOPLE OF CAPE BROYLE GREW UP KNOWING JOAN AS THER POSTMISTRESS AND CONFIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE WAS A CONSTANT PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY AND WAS LOVED BY ALL. WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY STORIES TO BE SHARED, EVEN ALL THE SANTA LETTERS SHE WROTE OVER THE YEARS.
REMAINS RESTING AT RYANS FUNERAL HOME IN BAY BULLS ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27TH FROM 1PM TO 7PM, AND WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28TH FROM 1PM TO 7PM. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL TO TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29TH AT 11AM FROM IMMACUATE CONCEPTION RC CHURCH, CAPE BROYLE WITH INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT OUR LADY OF THE CAPE RC CEMETRY, CAPE BROYLE.
WE HOLD YOU CLOSE WITHIN OUR HEARTS AND THERE YOU WILL REMAIN TO WALK WITH US THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. WE LOVE YOU.
FLOWERS GREATLY ACCEPTED OR DONATIONS TO THE CANADIAN DIABETIES ASSOCIATION IN LIEU OF FLOWERS.
SERVICES
Visitation
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Ryan's Funeral Home
1 Cemetery Lane East
Bay Bulls,
Visitation
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Ryan's Funeral Home
1 Cemetery Lane East
Bay Bulls,
Funeral Service
Thursday, December 29, 2022
11:00 AM
Immaculate Conception RC Church
Harbour Road
Cape Broyle,
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