CAROLYN JOOS

Carolyn Lucille Joos, age 78, of Lancaster, died Saturday, June 21st, 2014, at the Pickering House. She was born on October 7th, 1935 in Lancaster, to Bertha Wilson Reid and John Reid Sr. She graduated from Lancaster High School in 1953. She worked at Beiter and Flege Drug Store on Columbus, St., and then worked for Montgomery Ward as a store manager, receiving several awards, until its closing.
She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Thomas “Tom” Joos. Besides traveling both nationally and internationally, they especially enjoyed their winters working with the homeless through St. Vincent de Paul Society in Phoenix, AZ; Lucille was also survived by her sisters, Betty Arnet, Helen “Sis” Conrad, Jeanette (Ed) Morris, and Linda (Bob) Young; brothers, George (Jean), Bill (Paula), Ray (Patty), Tom (June), and Larry (Janet) Reid; several nieces and nephews; special niece, Joyce Norris; and special friends, Betty Smith of Stoutsville, Sue and John DePay, Norma and Glen Nicholson, and the Amanda Lions Club.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Mary Cunningham, Louise Shaw, and brothers, John Jr. and Robert “Bo” Reid.
Services will be held at St. Mark Church with a con-celebrate Mass by Fr. Peter Gideon and Fr. Matthew Morris on Thursday at 10:30AM. Interment will follow at St Mary Cemetery, Lancaster. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, from 2PM until 4PM and 6PM until 8PM at the FRANK E. SMITH FUNERAL HOME, with a Vigil service at 7:35PM.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Vincent de Paul Society, St. Mary School, St. Mark Catholic Church, or the Pickering House. Online condolences can be made at www.funeralhome.com

Mass of Christian Burial

10:30 AM ,Thursday, June 26, 2014
St Mark Church
324 Gay st Lancaster , OH, Fairfield 43130

Calling Hours

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ,Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Frank E. Smith Funeral Home Chapel
405 N. Columbus St. Lancaster, Ohio 43130

Visitation

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ,Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Frank E. Smith Funeral Home Chapel
405 N. Columbus St. Lancaster, Ohio 43130

Burial

Thursday, June 26, 2014
St Mary Cemetery
1447 State Route 793 Lancaster, OH 43130