Joan Iris Browne (née Massingham), 92, of Lindsay Ontario, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2021. She is predeceased by her mother, Jacqueline Iris Bradley (Iris), her brothers Allan and Roger Massingham, and her loving husband Frederick Peter Browne (Peter).
Born and raised in Toronto, she attended Danforth Tech before joining the Bell Telephone Company in 1945. While there, a handsome young man asked her for her phone number so that he could take her on a date. However, as he had a French accent (her words!) and was a stranger, she informed him that her phone number was “in the book.” When he asked for her last name to look it up, she informed him that was in the book as well. After several attempts and some sleuth work, he found her number and the rest, as they say, is history. She was married to the late Frederick Peter Browne (Peter) in 1951 and they shared a long and happy life together until he passed away in 2014.
Joan is survived by her three children: David Browne and his wife Denise, of London, England; Shelley Nutaitis, of Lindsay Ontario; and Colleen Browne of Toronto Ontario. She is also survived by nine grandchildren: Johanna, John, and Joseph Nutaitis; Shanda, David, Paul, and Dayna Browne; Milly and Martha Browne; as well as several great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at the Mackey Funeral home, 33 Peel Street, Lindsay Ontario on July 12, 2021 at 1pm. Family and friends are welcome to attend by RSVP through www.mackeys.ca or call at 705-328-2721.
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Friday June 25 2021
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Joan Browne Friday June 25 2021..
Décès pour la Ville:Lindsay, Province: Ontario