Joan Morris Barkhimer of 1921 Oregon Pike died Sunday at her residence.

Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of Edward Grant and Margaret Nichols Grant.

She was a graduate of Scranton Central High School and an honor graduate of Marywood University.  She studied piano at the Scranton Conservatory of Music and was an accomplished pianist.  She was a member of the Junior Century Club of Scranton and a former member of the Lancaster Country Club and the Hamilton Club.

A homemaker most of her life she worked for several years as a recreational therapist at Conestoga View.  Her hobbies included reading, bridge, piano, and she had leading roles in the Kiwanis musicals at the Fulton Opera House.  She was a member of St. John Neumann Catholic Church. 

She is survived by her husband, Harold Barkhimer and six children; John Morris of Reading; James married to Mary Ellen Dougherty Morris of Scranton; Joanne married to Gary Stauffer of Lancaster; Judy DeTora of New Jersey, Nancy married to Raymond Mohler of Pequea; Kathleen married to John Barkhimer of Lancaster; nine grandchildren and four step children.  Previously, she was married to John R. Morris.

She was preceded in death by a sibling; Marion Grant Conway.

A memorial service will be held at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 601 E. Delp Rd., Lancaster on Thursday at 11:00am.

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