Seaside

Nov. 24, 1926 — July 23, 2015

After two years of bravely fighting pancreatic cancer, Joan V. Ryan passed away in her home, surrounded by her family in Seaside, Ore. She was born in Vancouver, B.C., to Margaret and Herbert Hemington.

She attended St. Mary’s Academy and Marylhurst College.

She married Ernest M. Ryan, who proceeded her in death in 1997. They were married for 50 years.

Joan was a social worker for Multnomah and Clatsop counties for 38 years. After retirement, she traveled the world extensively, and she was an avid quilter, master gardener and volunteer.

Preceding her in death are her children Paul, Therese and Peter Ryan. Survivors include her brother, Herbert Hemington; sister, Mary Christman; her children, Pat Ryan, Margaret Lafrenz, Anne Losinger, MaryJo Ryan, Elizabeth Lannigan and Sarah Ahmed; 23 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was a devoted wife mother and grandmother. She will be greatly missed by all.

A funeral Mass will be held at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, at the corner SE 43rd Avenue and Powell Boulevard in Portland, Friday, July 31, at 11 a.m.; a rosary is at 10:30 a.m. Remembrances to the Providence Cancer Center for pancreatic cancer research are welcomed.

Mount Scott Funeral Home in Portland is in charge of the arrangements. An online guest book may be signed at www.mtscottfuneralhome.com