Joan M. Burns

Joan M. Burns, 81, of Parkesburg, died on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at the Brandywine Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Ronald W. Burns with whom she shared 58 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Charles "Skip" and Frances Kaminski Shaw.

Joan was a Parkesburg resident all her life and a 1953 graduate of the Parkesburg High School. She was employed as a medical transcriptionist at the Brandywine Professional Building. She was an active and devoted member of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Parkesburg.

She is survived, in addition to her husband, by two children; Christopher Burns and wife Elizabeth of Oxford and Beth Roman of Arvada, CO, three grandchildren; Mark and Charles Burns and Althea Roman, one brother Gerald Shaw and wife Pat of CT, three nephews and two great nieces.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 24th at 11:00am at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 406 W. 2nd Ave.  Parkesburg, PA 19365 followed by interment at the Parkesburg Catholic Cemetery. Visitation and viewing at the church from 10 to 11:00am. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in her memory to the  Episcopal Church of the Ascension, PO Box 193, Parkesburg, PA 19365.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg.  Online condolences can be posted at www.wildefuneralhome.com