Obituary of Joan Tracey Blair
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Joan Tracey Blair passed away at her sister's home in Kinnelon, NJ on December 4, 2012. She was 61 years old.
She was born in Glen Ridge and had lived in Clifton before moving to Kinnelon in November 2012.
As a child Joan lived in Pompton Lakes, Caldwell, Montclair, and North Caldwell, New Jersey before moving to Niles, Michigan where she graduated from High School. Joan attended WMU in Kalamazoo, Michigan before moving to Albuquerque where she earned her B.S. in Nutritional Education in 1985 from the University of New Mexico.
She lived in New Mexico, Virginia, Maryland, and the Florida Keys before moving to New Jersey where she worked as a nutritionist in the Women's Infants & Children Program at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson, NJ. She referred to this as her "dream job". She really loved counseling mothers and children about diet and by all co-workers' accounts was extremely adept at doing so.
All of her life, Joan was an avid reader. As a result, several of her friends have commented, "She was a walking encyclopedia". In earlier times she enjoyed spelunking and skiing as well.
Her mother Mary Arlene Blair predeceased her in 1985.
Joan is survived by her father Henry Stirling Blair of Niles, MI, and her siblings Carol M. Sventy of Kinnelon, NJ Kathy S. Cocoros of Crofton, MD and Kevin S. Blair of Niles, MI. Her nephews Josh Cocoros of Baltimore, MD and Nathan S. Blair of Niles, MI and her nieces Lacey N. Blair of Niles, MI and Pamela Lezotte Smith of Charlotte, NC, also survive her.
A memorial service will be held at Norman Dean Home for Services 16 Righter Ave Denville,
NJ 07834 on Saturday December 8, 2012 from 3-5PM.
Donations can be made in her memory to: N.P.R. (National Public Radio) 635 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 2001, A.S.P.C.A. 424 East 92nd St. New York, NY 10128-6804, or Vitas Hospice of Northern, NJ 70 South Orange Ave Suite 210 Livingston, NJ 07039.
Please light a candle in her memory at: www.normandean.com.
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