Obituaries
Joan H. Burns, 81
Joan H. Burns, 81, of Oak Leaf Manor North, Landisville, and formerly of Lancaster, died Sunday, May 6, 2012, at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd E. and Marguerite Ziegler Herr. Her husband of 48 years, Francis V. “Frank” Burns died in 2008.
A 1952 graduate of Millersville State Teachers College, Joan taught for the School District of Lancaster for 9 years and then at St. Anne’s Catholic School for 24 years, retiring in 1994. She also tutored adults for the Lancaster-Lebanon Literacy Council.
Joan was a member of Mary Mother of the Church, Mount Joy, and had served on the funeral committee at St. Anne’s Catholic Church, Lancaster. She was lovingly referred to as Mother Superior.
Surviving are three sons, Matthew F., husband of Diane Burns, Lancaster, Peter T. Burns, Salt Lake City, UT, and Daniel R., husband of Kathy Burns, Lancaster; five grandchildren, Shauna Palmer, Marcus Burns, Alexis Burns, Victoria Burns and Courtney Rubincan; two great-grandsons, Christian Williams and Jamaree Rubincan; and two sisters, Billie Jo Herr, Cary, NC , and Marguerite, wife of Andrew Kirchhoff, Apple Valley, MN. Joan was preceded in death by her daughter Anne Marie Burns and her brother James Z. Herr.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place 11 AM Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Mary Mother of the Church, with The Rev. Luis Rodriquez as Celebrant. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 10 to 11 AM at the church. Interment in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery. Please omit flowers. Memorial Contributions may be made to Mary Mother of the Church, 625 Union School Road, Mount Joy, PA 17552.To send the family online condolences, please visit SnyderFuneralHome.com. Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. 717-560-5100
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To the sons of Joan, and her sisters, and the grandchildren. My personal sympathy in the loss of your mother, sister and grandmother. We lived close by as families for many yrs. in the NorthEast area of Lancaster City. Having a personal relationship with all, I worked for Joan in the household, cleaning for a long time, and even while working in the church office, went after work. Watched the Burns children grow up, and what a joy it was.
Knowing her well down at St. Anne School as well. Will always have special good memories of Joan, both laughter and sadness in the lost of child we both had. May She Rest in the Arms of the Lord.
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Jeanne and I send sympathy to Joan’s family. she was a very special person to me I owe my first teaching job at Elizabethtown HS to her. She drove me to the interview which resulted in a job. She always kept us informed with the latest news about her family whom she was very proud. She will be greatly missed.
Rest in peace, Joan.
My prayers and thoughts go out to all the boys and family.
Peace and all good
George Garbrick
St. Anne School Faculty Member
Our Deepest Sympathy
Lois and Donald Nolt and Family
(Former Neighbors)
My deepest condolences to the Burns family. May she rest in peace.
Scott Hinks
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Joan. She was a great teacher and a good friend when we on the faculty at St. Anne’s School. May she rest in peace.
Sister Sharon, SFCC
Sister Peggy, SFCC
Dear Cousins,
Your Mother, our Aunt Joan will be sadly missed, especially as the last of her Greatest Generation among our "Burns Clan". She leaves behind a family full of love and respect for her ever caring ways and the great example she never failed to set to always do the right thing.
I am so sorry to have to miss Aunt Joan’s funeral services. This Saturday morning, as Brian, little Alexa and I are watching Caroline receive her Nursing degree, we will be thinking of you all and keeping my Aunt Joan close in heart. God’s blessings.
Love,
Mary Ellen Jansen
My sincere condolences to Mrs. Burns entire family. As a family she loved you all and she will be missed. She was everything a Grandmother and Great Grandmother could be, she was always there for her family during the good and bad times. God Bless the family and God Bless Mrs. Burns.
Sincerely,
Ms. Jennifer Williams Wilson
My thoughts are with all of you. Wonderful person……she will be missed.
Denise Metz
Rest in peace Aunt Joan. You will be missed by many here on earth, and even more have welcomed you into Heaven. I will always remember you as a strong, unflappable woman under any circumstance and a woman with a big heart full of love.
Charlotte Burns
To all the boys – Matthew, Peter, and Daniel, I have missed your Mom here at school since she left, but thought about her often. I will be keeping her in my thoughts and prayers. I will have a Mass said for her here at St. Anne’s since I cannot attend the funeral. God bless all of you and your families.
Miss Kaylor
Cousins Matthew, Peter, and Daniel:
Nice job on funeral of your Mother and the beautiful celebration of her life. She was a special Aunt to me and will be long remembered and respected for her strong character and thoughtful ways. May she now rest in the love and peace of the Lord, and peace be to the three of you and your families as you manage the pain of her loss.
Sincerely,
Mary Kay
