Joan McBride

Obituary of Joan M. McBride

Please share a memory of Joan to include in a keepsake book for family and friends.
Ms. Joan M. McBride, passed away on March 27, 2019 at the Sitrin Home in New Hartford, NY. Joan was born in Utica on March 13, 1929, to Clifford E. McBride and Jane L. Bogert. She was a graduate of St. Francis de Sales School and she was employed with Bell Telephone and Verizon. Joan was predeceased by her husbands, Roy A. Wiley of Cape Vincent and Thomas J. Finn of Utica. She was a member and eucharistic minister at Historic Old St. John’s Church in Utica. Joan loved music, was a lifelong pianist and taught piano in her home for several years. She enjoyed reading, sudoku, movies and television mystery crime series. Joan has one surviving sister, Margaret Thomas in Templeton, CA. She is predeceased by a brother, Lawrence McBride and sister, Anne Lazarek. Joan is survived by five sons, Thomas Wiley (Ft. Pierce, FL), Michael Wiley and wife Colleen (Utica), Peter Wiley and wife Marcia (Danbury, CT), Steven Wiley and wife Dolores (Hampton Roads, VA) and Paul Wiley and spouse Erik (Staten Island, NY); A step-daughter, Marsha Finn Dammerman, residing in Wellington FL and Saratoga Spring as well as twenty-six grandchildren and great grandchildren. She also has many special friends, including the coffee ladies, Ginny, Pat and Una; Other special friends include, Franny and Patty and Tracy Coughlin. RJ and Dillon Jones of New Hartford are special buddies who prompted many laughs and joyous times in her final years. A debt of gratitude is due Collen A. Wiley for her years of dedicated care, sacrifice and friendship. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial Mass of Christian burial to be held at Historic Old St. John’s Church in Utica, on Saturday, March 30th at 10:30 a.m. Her burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Whitesboro. The family will receive visitors at the conclusion of the funeral Mass. There are no calling hours per Joan’s wishes. Joan’s family would like to thank each of the staff on every shift at the Sitrin Home, Mulberry House for their compassion and dedicated care. Thank you, Craig, Tanesha and Mary, and thank you Dr. Pylman. We also offer our deepest gratitude to Father John Buehler and the parishioners of St. John’s Church in Utica. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Heintz Funeral Service, Inc., N. Utica.
To plant a beautiful memorial tree in memory of Joan McBride, please visit our Tree Store

Memorial Mass

Historic Old St. John's Church Saturday, March 30, 2019 10:30 AM Email Details John St. Utica, NY Directions

Burial

Mount Olivet Cemetery Saturday, March 30, 2019 11:45 AM Email Details Wood Rd. Whitesboro, NY Directions
Online Memory & Photo Sharing Event
Ongoing
Online Event
About this Event
Joan McBride

In Loving Memory

Joan McBride

1929 - 2019

Look inside to read what others have shared
Family and friends are coming together online to create a special keepsake. Every memory left on the online obituary will be automatically included in this book.
Share Your Memory of
Joan