Joan was raised a couple of towns away, from where I grew up. So sad. She goes in for an elective procedure, and winds up passing away.
The funniest quip of hers that I remember is:
I am really falling apart so much so, that when I go to a gynecologist, he wears a hard hat.
RIP - Joan
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"It doesn't cost "nuttin", to be nice". 
MOM
I just want to do the right thing! Uncle Joe, (my hero).