HODGES, Joan Dorothy (nee TAIT) - Passed away peacefully in her sleep, on September 7, 2020, at the age of 80.
Joan was born in 1940 in Fergus, Ontario, and following elementary school in London, Ontario, lived for most of her life in Barrie and Oro-Medonte.
She met her husband Dale in grade 9 at Barrie Collegiate High School and they have been together ever since, celebrating 58 years of marriage on August 24, 2020.
Joan graduated from University of Toronto, Faculty of Education in 1962 and became a teacher, a job she loved. She took 10 years off from teaching to have two boys, Brian and Bruce.
After years of swimming in Kempenfelt Bay, she continued to swim at Amica Newmarket where she lived until recently. Joan was predeceased by her mother and father Dorothy and Douglas Tait.
She is survived by her husband and best friend Dale, sister Jackie Collings (Tom), sons Brian (Robert) and Bruce (Susan) and grandchildren Jack and Sara Hodges.
Joan will be interred in a private family ceremony at Barrie Union Cemetery where generations of Hodges and Tait family members rest.
In lieu of flowers, donations are welcome to the Simcoe County Museum and Archives online or by calling 705-728-3721.
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