Joan has turned her last page and grabbed her last handful of peanut M&M's.

Joan Irene Lang, 77, passed away on Monday, November 20th, 2023.

She was born on October 27th, 1946, in Ludlow, MA to Lyle and Ruth (Reynolds) Lang.
She graduated from Maloney High School in Meriden, CT in 1964, then continued her education at St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in 1967. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of New England and went on to become a nurse practitioner at Northeastern University in Boston.

She worked at the Boston Children's Hospital, the Child Health Center in St. Johnsbury, VT, at the practice of Drs. Graham, Russell, and Manges, as well as many other local agencies throughout the years.

Joan was a people person, always finding a familiar face in a crowd from many years of working in local communities and especially in Concord, VT, as she was a beloved nurse practitioner at the Concord Health Center. She enjoyed working with local residents, as well as the LGBTQ community; she made everyone feel welcome and respected and always had time for a chat.

She loved to read: she always had a stack or two of books by her couch and a pile of Boston Globes on the kitchen table. She was an avid Boston Celtics and Red Sox fan and adored watching the games with family, often falling asleep at her brother John's house. She thoroughly enjoyed attending her nieces' and nephews' sporting events.  She loved the ocean, going to concerts, and listening to Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Beach Boys. On her trips to Boston, she always made time for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and ended up with many framed posters inside her home.

Joan was proud of her Irish heritage and threw some well-remembered St. Patrick's Day parties.  She was notoriously late to all family functions. If Joan were having a funeral, she would be late for it.

When you opened her car door, the aroma of McDonald's wafted out; she loved going to Carmen's for an ice cream cone and was deeply saddened when Tab, her beverage of choice, was discontinued. You could always find giant Boston ferns, spider plants, and philodendrons sprinkled throughout her home; she enjoyed flowers and gardening (well, buying plants and hiring her nieces to plant them for her).

Joan got her last wish and passed away peacefully as a resident of the Pines, Lyndonville, VT. Staff at the Pines were very caring and compassionate and always could get a laugh out of her.

She is survived by two sisters, Linda M. Hall of Monroe, NH, and Ann L. Fillion of Littleton, NH, and two brothers, John G. Lang and his wife Sandra of Monroe, NH, and David L. Lang and his wife Christine of Wallingford, CT, as well as many nieces and nephews and three great nieces & one great nephew.

A private family memorial will take place in the spring.