Joan V. Spriggs Foster of Downingtown, PA

Joan V. Spriggs Foster, 86, of Downingtown, PA, passed away at home on Thursday, December 21, 2017. Born in West Chester, PA, she was the daughter of the late Harry A. and Anna Irons Spriggs. She was the wife of the late Edward G. Foster with whom she shared 50 years of marriage.

Joan attended West Chester schools graduating from West Chester High School in 1950. For a number of years, she worked in the Downingtown School District as a teacher’s aide. She attended Bethel A.M.E. Church in Downingtown, PA.

She leaves her daughters: Vernettia Foster, Michelle Hurtt (Jimmie); Laura Hardy (David); Georgette Foster, Clarisse Foster, Holly Mayo (Mark), Romona Foster; her sisters: Hazel Thomas, Anna Daye, Romona Jones; her companion of 13 years, William Collier; 11 grandchildren: Michelle Lee, David Hardy, Jr., Charisse Jones, Joshua Jackson, Daina Hunt, Velva Foster, Duriel Hardy, Amourette Gray, Sharmika Jackson, Markesha Mayo, Michael Thompson; 6 great grandchildren: Jamil Jones, Joshua Jackson, Jr., Aashiyana Morton, Christian Hardy, Janiyah Morton, Luke Hardy; four sisters-in-law: Doris Spriggs, Velva Spriggs, Essie Womble, Lula Pollard, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Joan V. Foster; nine brothers: John, William, Alonzo, Harry, Elwood, Carl, Leon, Fortune and Ray Spriggs; two sisters: Gertrude Ferguson and Alta Coleman.

A Memorial Service will be held at 10 AM, Satur- day, December 30, 2017, at New Life in Christ Fellowship, 1 South Fifth Avenue in Coatesville, PA. There will not be a public viewing, however, friends may greet the family beginning at 9:00 AM.

Interment will be in Rolling Green Memorial Park, West Chester, PA.

Arrangements are by Wright Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc., www. wrightfuneralservices. com.