Joan Ada (Braman) Morse

Joan Ada (Braman) Morse age 84 of Vernon, VT passed away, Friday, April 19, 2024 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center; Lebanon, NH.

Joan was born in Clarksburg, MA on June 18, 1939 to Walter Alfred and Anna Rose (Duverney) Braman. Joan attended Drury High School in North Adams, MA and received her GED from Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, MA.  Later, she lived with her sister, Anna Rose Spagnolo and her husband Joseph on 32 Millard Avenue in North Adams, MA.

Joan met her husband, Eugene Leland Morse, the son of Wendell and Hilma (Bishop) Morse at a Morse's Barn Dance in Whitingham, VT and later got married on October 17, 1959 at the Burrington Hill Ski Resort in Whitingham, VT.  They would reside in Readsboro, Jacksonville, and Vernon, VT.

Joan had worked for the Readsboro Chair Factory (Vermont Hardwoods), Vernon Green Nursing Home, and Clear Solutions. She enjoyed country music, feeding the birds, cooking, and growing plants.

She was predeceased by sisters: Kathleen (1931), Loretta (1932), Dorothy Mazza (2008), Anna Spagnolo (2011), brothers: Eugene “Bill” (1995), Walter Jr. “Bud” (2007), Leo (2011), half-brother Mitchell (2015),

She is survived by her daughter, Linda Morse of Vernon, VT, a sister-in-law, Roberta M. Kellogg of White River Jct, VT. Three grandchildren, Michael Evans of Brattleboro, VT; Elizabeth VanDeMar of Halfmoon, NY; and Jonathan (Samantha) Gallup of Winchester, NH and four great grandchildren, as well as nieces, nephews.

FUNERAL NOTICE:  There will be no calling hours.  A graveside service will be held Sunday, April 28th, at the Sadawga Cemetery in Whitingham, VT at 1pm, Pete Millette officiating.  A reception will follow at the Whitingham Community Church.