Joan A. Smith

Joan passed away on January 12, 2024. She was 83 years old. She was born on October 8, 1940 in Pawtucket, RI as the daughter of the late Grace Langille and Donald Armstrong and Dad Charles Langille.
As a child, she was a girl scout & a member of the Bristol County 4-H Club, Needles & Spoons. Raised on Sayles Dairy Farm for 8 years, she had a great love for animals. She attended North Attleboro schools and graduated from King Philip Regional High School in 1960. She was a member of the First Methodist Church.
She attended Community College of R.I., Bristol Community College, and after moving to San Antonio, Texas in 1986, attended San Antonio College.
Joan worked for 24 years at Factory Mutual Engineering in Norwood Massachusetts. Her work career included administrative assistant, Office Manager, H.R. Assistant, Assistant Property Manager, Benefits Administrator, and Retail Manager. She retired at 62 and stayed very active.
Many of her professional memberships and accomplishments include Workers' Compensation Adjuster's Licence, American Business Women's Association, 1995 Woman of the Year Connections Chapter - National Notary Association and certificates in Continuing Education & Comal County Sheriff Citizen's Academy member.
She was a member of the New Braunfels Elks, Blue Star Mothers, Hill Country Orchid Society, the Canyon Lake Republican Women & N.B. Republican Women. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She enjoyed her volunteer work for the American Red Cross at Fort Sam Houston in the Brook Army Medical Center oncology unit as well as volunteering at the Baptist Memorial Hospital. She was also a volunteer for the New Braunfels Humane Society and for Meals on Wheels.
She had many interests which included growing orchids on her windowsill and entering them in orchid shows, growing African violets, boating/sailing, traveling with her husband around the United States, fly fishing, taking watercolor classes, and traveling to Europe with her life long friend Carolyn Ellison. The one thing she enjoyed was the neighbor's cattle around her property which was referred to as her yard pets, her three rescue dogs which were very dear to her, and cats Noodles and Bella. One of her passions was rescuing feral cats - she fed & cared for a colony of feral cats for years as well as bringing one home to have kittens.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Chuck Langille, sister Debbie Thomas & her husband Ike, niece Leslie Langille and nephew Jakob Van Leuvan, Mother Grace Langille & father Charles Langille.
She is survived by her husband John; step-son Denny Smith & his wife Kirsten of Wisconsin; brother Donald 'Butch' Langille & his wife Janice of Massachusetts; sister Candace Pickett & her husband Bob of Virginia; brother Bruce Armstrong of Idaho; sister Diane Price of New Zealand; niece Missy Badger & her husband Jeff, their 4 children and two great grand nieces , of North Attleboro, Massachusetts; nephew Richard Langille, wife Jessica, & 2 children of Virginia; niece Christine Moncure, daughter Grace and 2 great grand nieces of Virginia; nephew Donald Hibbs of New Zealand; Adam Hibbs and his wife Nicola, and their 2 children from London, England. She is also survived by brother-in-law Paul Smith and wife Beverlee of Kerrville, Texas; nephew David Smith and niece Haylee of Kerville, and nephew Allen Smith, his wife Pam, & niece Emma Grace. She is also survived by her life long friends Carolyn Ellison & her husband George & all her wonderful friends from New Braunfels & Canyon Lake.
Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend visitation on Monday, January 29, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. in the "Memorial Chapel" of the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home, 161 Commonwealth Avenue, Village of Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro, MA followed by a Funeral Service at 11:00 a.m. in the "Memorial Chapel".
Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery and Arboretum, North Attleboro, MA.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a charitable donation in Joan's memory to the Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area Animal Shelter, 3353 Morningside Dr. New Braunfels Tx 78132.
For additional information or to send the family a written expression of sympathy, please visit www.dyer-lakefuneralhome.com .   Arrangements are under the direction of the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home, 161 Commonwealth Avenue, Village of Attleboro Falls, North Attleboro. (508) 695-0200.