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Joan Phillips (Boes) 1940-2006 The Breda News, November 15, 2006 Joan Phillips Boes of 2063 Adriel Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524, died Saturday, October 28, 2006, at Poudre Valley Hospital, surrounded by her family. Joan was born May 31, 1940, in Providence, Rhode Island. She grew up in Norton, Massachusetts, and attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine, where she graduated with honors in 1962. Working as a programmer in Electronic Switching Systems at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Joan met Duane Boes. They married July 3, 1964 and moved to Fort Collins the following year, where Duane worked as a professor of statistics at Colorado State University. Joan gave up working to raise her family. She was also extremely active, spending time horseback riding, volunteering for the League of Women Voters (where she served several years as an officer), and playing tennis - her true passion. Joan is preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her husband, Duane; daughter Alisan and husband Neil, with grandchildren Max and Nichola; daughter Karin and her husband, Erik, and daughter Kirstin. Also surviving are sisters, Nancy, Lyn and Pam. Memorials may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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