Joan Lily BLOOM

1943 - 2014  (71 years)

• Name	Joan Lily BLOOM
  Birth	5 Jan 1943	Rockglen, Assiniboia Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Gender	Female
  _UID	688B16C237C84B5A9E645E7136A22E5FA585
  Death	18 Oct 2014	Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Notes	From findagrave.com: Joan Lily Minter (nee Bloom) Joan passed away peacefully at her home in Regina, SK on October 18, 2014, after a lengthy battle with cancer. To the very end, she was strong and gracious and she spent her last moments surrounded by the love of her family. Joan was born on January 5, 1943 in Rockglen, SK to Floyd and Nannie Bloom. She graduated from Rockglen High School in 1961 and moved to Regina to attend Teacher's College. Joan taught for six years at McNab School in Regina, SK before transitioning into real estate where she sold residential property for Frances Olson. It was during this time that she met her husband, Jeff Minter. When they married in 1973, she was "the most beautiful woman he ever saw" and the sentiment continues to this day. Soon after their daughter, Jennifer, was born, Joan and Jeff made their home south of Kipling, SK, near Moose Mountain Provincial Park. They remained there for nearly 40 years, only moving back to Regina in July, 2012 where Joan greatly enjoyed attending all of the many events offered by Regina's rich arts and cultural scene. With her trademark vitality and enthusiasm, Joan Minter was an active member of the Kipling community, and in particular, the arts community, for many years. Her involvement included acting as Brownie leader within the Girl Guide Organization, as director on the Broadview School Division Board from 1988 to 1991 and as a member of the Rudyard Players Drama group. As well, Joan was president of the Kipling Music Festival for several years. During her term, support by patron and sponsor membership was introduced and continues today to ensure the ongoing success of the Festival. Joan has frequently served as a public spokesperson, emceeing many Music Festival final concerts, the Christmas Carol Festivals and numerous cultural activities in Kipling. An artist herself, she offered many arts and craft community workshops (to both adults and youth) throughout the years and attended many craft sales across the province, sharing her talents in painting, dried flower arrangements and candles. In 1987, Joan helped to form the Kipling and District Arts Council. This involvement was a key part of her life and brought her a great deal of joy for many years. As an Arts Council member, she headed advertising, was the performing arts coordinator and stepped into the role of president in 1997-a position she very capably held until 2012. Without her ongoing dedication, contributions like the purchase of a grand piano, renovations and improvements to create a first rate performance stage, a hanging system for exhibiting visual arts and a Hall of Fame of past performers in the foyer of the Community Center would not have been possible. As well, her passion for promoting arts to youth was demonstrated in a "Junior Concert" series. From 1996 to 2001, she was a director on the provincial board for OSAC. It was with these credits in mind, and with the recommendation of the Kipling and District Arts Council that Joan was awarded the prestigious Award in Culture for the South East Saskatchewan Association for Culture, Recreation and Sport in 2005. And last fall, she was honoured as a lifetime member of OSAC-an achievement of which she was deeply proud. Certainly, she has touched the lives of many artists, patrons and community members-a legacy that will live on within the spirit of the arts in this province. Joan was preceded in death by her mother, Nannie Bloom (nee Hansen) and her father, Floyd Bloom. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Jeff; her daughter Jennifer (Darren); the light of her life, her grandson, Jack; her siblings, Marlene Hall and Beverly (Dennis) Pfeifer; Dale (Dawn) Bloom; Jeff's children, Jeannine (Jim Moore) Cuddington, Elizabeth (Vaughn) Duhon, and Daniel (Brenda) Minter; her nieces and nephews; and her numerous loving family and friends. For over 25 years, the arts community and general public of Southern Saskatchewan have benefitted greatly from the passion, dedication and expertise of Joan Minter. To honour her love of the arts throughout Saskatchewan, in lieu of flowers, donations in her name can be sent to The Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC) 1102 8TH Avenue Regina, SK S4R 1C9. As per her wishes, there will be neither Services nor Interment held. As Joan had said, "I don't want you to associate me with a particular place-I want you to think of me, everywhere." Instead, we will celebrate her rich and vibrant life on an ongoing basis, every day. "I sometimes hold it half a sin to put in words the grief I feel, for words, like music, half reveal and half-conceal the soul within. But for the unquiet heart and brain a use in measured language lies, the sad mechanic exercise like dull narcotics, numbing pain." In Memoriam: Canto V, Alfred Lord Tennyson Arrangements entrusted to: Published on October 24, 2014
  Person ID	I8867	America
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2020

  
  

  Family	Jeff Daniel Minter,   b. 25 Oct 1925, Panola County, Texas, USA d. 19 Sep 2019, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	1973	Canada
  Children	1. Jennifer Minter
  Family ID	F3641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2020

  
  

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