Joan B. Reed

Wiscasset - Joan B. Reed, 89, of Old Farm Lane passed away on Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at St Andrews Village in Boothbay.  She was born in Wiscasset on February 28, 1936, to Forrest and Josephine (Sutter) Johnson.

      She started school in a one room school on Birch Point Road, then went to the grammar school in town. In 1953 she graduated from Wiscasset Academy.  On March 9, 1954 she married Cecil Reed and they made their home on the West Alna Road where they raised their family.

     When their children were all in school, she went to work for the Wiscasset school department in food service enjoying 28 years of feeding students.

     She enjoyed knitting, also she and her husband enjoyed dancing, playing cards and many years of camping with friends.

     She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Cecil Reed in 2012, baby daughter at birth, one brother, Bill Johnson, brother-in-law, Larry Reed and sister in law, Betty Johnson.

     She is survived by one daughter, Katie and her husband Norman Bryant, 3 sons, Chris Reed and his wife Jackie, Kevin Reed and his wife Melinda, Kent Reed and his wife Marci, one  brother, Stanley Johnson, one sister-in-law, Terri Reed, 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

     A graveside service will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, September 6, 2025 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset.

Arrangements are by Daigle Funeral Home 819 High Street, Bath. Condolences may be made online at www.DaigleFuneralHome.com