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Joan Kane
September 12, 1927 - March 4, 2015
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<div itemprop="description">Joan Olive Kane <br />1927 - 2015 <br />Joan passed on the morning of Wednesday, March 4th, 2015. She spent her final days and the previous year and a half in the care of Maitland Manor in Goderich, ON, near her daughter Dagny. <br />Born in Bromley, Kent, UK, Mum was a teenager in London during the Second World War. After the war, she went on to finish secretarial training and started working at the age of 17. Married to Eric Donald Kane on the first day of spring 1953, they immigrated to Canada in 1957. <br />Joan and Eric lived across Canada &ndash; he working as an engineer in the pulp and paper industry and she as an education secretary. Joan gave birth to her daughter Dagny in Terrace B.C. in September 1966. They adopted their son Dwight from Dauphin, Manitoba early in 1970. The family then settled down in Black River outside of Picton, ON in 1971. <br />An avid tennis player, she loved either playing with her family, or watching Wimbledon on TV. Joan was always proud and happy of her career, and was able to keep a close eye over Dagny and Dwight at high school, where she was Head Secretary during their later years at school. Joan almost always had a dog and enjoyed her long walks, regardless of the weather. She especially enjoyed sunsets on the beaches at Picton and Goderich. Joan, who became &lsquo;Gran&rsquo;, had a special place in her heart for her son-in-law Rick, and enjoyed watching her grandchildren, Nathan and Neil, growing up. <br />Eric passed away in the spring of 1993 and in early 2003 she lost her mother Violet, who lived to the age of 101. Her only brother Keith also passed in 2008. A celebration of Joan&rsquo;s life will be held at the Picton family home in the Spring. Donations to the Arthritis Society of Canada (www.arthritis.ca) or Adopt-a-pet Pet Rescue at www.adoptapet.lucknow.on.ca would be greatly appreciated by the family.</div>