KINGFIELD – Joann Ryan, 61, died Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, surrounded by her loving family, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington. She was born May 3, 1945, in Gulfport, Miss., a daughter of Nicholas A. and Lynette (Cullifer) Randazzo Sr. She graduated from Mississippi schools. On Aug. 7, 1965, she married Fulton J. Ryan in Livorno/Pisa, Italy. They made their home in Kingfield, where she worked as a devoted and loving homemaker to her husband and children. She was very involved in the community having been a member of the Kingfield Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and the Kingfield American Legion Auxiliary. She worked at the voter polls, was involved in town meetings, organized the Christmas party for young children in Kingfield, worked for Meals on Wheels, the 4-H Club and was a strong supporter of the school district. She will be greatly missed by all that knew her. She is survived by her mother, Lynette Randazzo of Gulfport, Miss.; her husband, Fulton of Kingfield; a son, John P. Ryan and his wife, Laurie, of Bangor and their children, Nick, Mark and David; a daughter, Theresa Wright and her husband, Michael, of South China and their children, Katherine and Christopher; a son, Thomas A. Ryan of Portland; former daughter-in-law, Melinda of Bangor; and brothers, Nicholas Randazzo of Gulfport, Miss., and Michael Randazzo of Ocean Spring, Miss. She was predeceased by her father, Nicholas A. Randazzo Sr. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at Kingfield United Methodist Church with Fr. Roger Chabot, celebrant. Family and friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, at Wiles Funeral Home, Cremation Service & Remembrance Center, 137 Farmington Falls Road, Farmington. Interment will be at Maine Veterans’ Cemetery, Augusta. Gifts may be given in Joann’s memory to the American Heart Association, Northeast Affiliate, P.O. Box 3049, Syracuse, NY 13220-3049 or the Maine Special Olympics, 125 John Roberts Road, Suite 19, South Portland, ME 04106. Words of condolence may be expressed at wilesfuneralhomes@verizon.net
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