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Joan Rozell

October 19, 2003

Joan Rozell, 79, of Proprietor's Field, 118 Church St., died Sunday at Williamstown Commons.

Born in Toronto on Oct. 12, 1924, daughter of Francis and Gertrude Dowd Walsh, she attended schools there and in Montreal.

During World War II, she was employed as a civilian with the Royal Canadian Air Force, serving as a PBX phone operator in Bermuda. While there, she met and married Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jay Rozell on Dec. 23, 1944. He died March 29, 1999.

Mrs. Rozell was a homemaker.

She enjoyed traveling with her husband while he was in the Navy. Following his retirement, they settled in Oregon.

In 2000, after the death of her husband, she moved to Williamstown to be with her family.

She was president of the Proprietor's Field Tenants Association and enjoyed volunteer work.

She leaves a son, David Rozell, of Portland, Ore.; a daughter, Kim Rozell of Williamstown, and a grandson.

FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Joan Walsh Rozell will be private. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. There will be no calling hours.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Milne Public Library or to the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic in care of FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams, MA 01247, which is in charge of arrangements.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, David and Barbara Rozell of Portland, Ore.; a daughter and her partner, Kim Rozell and Lucinda Edmonds of Williamstown, and a grandson, Stephen Rozell of Cincinnati, Ohio.


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