Joan Weiller Hodges' Obituary
On March 1, 2020 Joan Weiller Hodges, a wonderful mother and good wife, knocked on God’s door and he let her in. Joan’s main goal in life since her beloved Cheatham went to God in 2010 was to continue to shepherd her eight children through their lives. Her secondary goal was to live to 100 to complete that first goal.
She had 15 years to go but her children concur that she succeeded. Joan graduated from Barry University and taught briefly, before embracing her vocation as a homemaker. She embraced a second vocation as a travel agent for 30 years. Joan was a woman of deep faith and gentle toughness. Joan lived her Catholic faith, a Dame of the Holy Sepulchre, and volunteered through last year at Our Lady of Lourdes. She never raised her voice in anger. Joan’s effervescent cheeriness, laughing and playing made her good company. Joan was a lioness to her 8 children; her cubs Mary, Ann, Teresa, Julia, Clare, Joseph, Peter, and Paul. Her sister, Nancy Volpi, her children, 23 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and her friends will miss her deeply. We salute Joan “you’ve done good. We’ll take it from here.”
A visitation, rosary service and reception will be held on Wednesday, March 11th from 4:30pm-7pm at Moss Feaster Dunedin. A funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes in Dunedin on Thursday, March 12th at 10am with burial at Calvary Catholic Cemetery to follow.
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