Obituary: Joan Acord
FREEPORT - Joan Acord has died at the age of 91 at Hawthorne House in Freeport where she had lived for .
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Joan Acord
FREEPORT – Joan Acord has died at the age of 91 at Hawthorne House in Freeport where she had lived for the past six years.
Joan was born in Boston, Mass. to Jeremiah Richard and Loretta Rose (Fitzpatrick) O’Neil. She graduated from Girls Latin School and Emmanuel College in Boston.
Joan and “Bill” traveled extensively around the United States during their 35 year marriage, living in Arizona, and California and eventually retiring to West Bowdoin, Maine. After Bill’s death, Joan worked for the Nature Conservancy and was an active member of St Leo’s Church in Litchfield. She was an award-winning quilter and a founding member of the Maine Quilters Association.