Obituary of Joan Coppinger Verrill Goldiner
Joan Coppinger Verrill (Goldiner) of 240 Beeman Hill Road, Margretville was born on June 29, 1950 to Herbert and Shirlie Verrill in Fall River, Massachusetts. She grew up in Connecticut after a few years in Rhode Island, and finally moved to Bronx, New York after her parents divorced. She graduated high school there and attended Ryder college for a few years before leaving to work for a non-profit that eventually developed the all important "Living Will". She worked for the Social Service department of the City of New York where she met her eventual husband, Jim Goldiner. They were married for 20 years sharing time in Margretville and New York City where Jim continued to work. After Jim's passing in 2020 Joan became a full time resident of Margretville enjoying the beauty, challenges and adventure of single living with wonderful friends and her fur babies, Bobby and China.
She was pre-deceased by her parents, Herbert Verrill and Shirlie Verrill-Harrison and her brother Charles T. Verrill. She is survived by her older brother Peter S. Verrill, his wife Lenore and thier children Peter J. Verrill and Michelle Verrill Smith, and her brother Charles children, Sam and Joe Verrill and Hannah (Zimmer) Verrill. She will be remembered and missed by all who knew her, even briefly.
Interment will be held at a later date in Winter Haven, FL
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