Joan Kish

Joan Marie Kish, of Bonita, CA, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2014. She was 81 years of age, and was born on September 10, 1932 in South Bend, IN. She moved to San Diego in 1969. She worked 12 years for Teledyne-Ryan, before starting her own business providing care for the elderly in 1981. This became not only her income, but her passion. She loved her patients and continued in this business until 1998.

Joan lived life to the fullest, despite many health conditions and physical challenges. She chose to enjoy life to the fullest degree, not allowing her health to slow her down. She loved life. One of her greatest joys was making others smile and helping those in need. She also loved children and fostered many of them. This love for children caused her to have an orphanage built in the Philippines. She had many close friends throughout the years, who will miss her smiling face and unique personality. She attended Hilltop Tabernacle of Chula Vista, CA. All who knew her there loved her, and will miss her deeply. They were like family to her, and she was like family to many of them.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Violet Kish; and father, Frank Kish;
and her only brother, John Kish.

The funeral service for Joan Kish will be at 2pm on Sunday, September 7, 2014 at the Bethel Tabernacle in Niles, Michigan with Pastor Matthew Bair of the church officiating. Interment will follow, at 10am on Monday, September 8, 2014 at Highland Cemetery in South Bend, Indiana.

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