Joanne T. (Tavanese) Coburn, of Medford passed away on December 3. She was 81 years old. She was born in Medford, and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna (Flammia) Tavanese.
Prior to her retirement, she was employed by as an assembly line worker for Western Electric. Joanne was also a former member of the Board of Directors for the Children are Angels from Heaven Organization.
Joanne was the beloved wife of Robert W. Coburn. She was the devoted mother Louise Carreira and her husband Jim of Plymouth, Jeanne Gaunt and her husband Bill of Medford, Catherine Dekow and her husband Gary of Somerville, Michael Norton and his wife Josephine of Medford and the late Patrick Norton. Joanne was the adored grandmother of Dennis, Jimmy, Billy, David, Patrick and Michael, and loving great-grandmother of Anna and Jimmy. She was the dear sister of Jeanne Donaghey of Medford, Dan Tavanese of Tewksbury and Patty O'Brien of Medford.
Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend visiting hours in the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St., Medford, on Saturday, December 7, from 11AM-1PM, followed by a funeral service in the funeral home beginning at 1PM.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent in Joanne’s name to St. Jude Childrens Hospital 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN. 38105.