JoAnn Conrad

Haverhill, MA – JoAnn Cyrilla (Taylor) Conrad, 81, wife of Robert J. Conrad, passed away May 16, 2018 after a long illness at High Point Hospice House in Haverhill surrounded by her loving familyBorn August 31, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of the late Leonard Taylor Sr. and Helen (Kerkowski) Taylor who were loving and religious parents to her and her sister Anita and brother Leonard. She was raised in Vinita, OK and attended White Oak Grammar School. She graduated valedictorian from Sacred Heart Academy High School. She attended Newman University in Wichita, KS and studied education and was selected by the Sisters at St. Patrick’s School to teach 2^nd grade in Oklahoma City.In January 1965 she met Robert at a Catholic Bonaventure dinner and were married on October 30, 1965 at Holy Ghost Church in Vinita, OK. Together they settled in the Merrimac Valley area of MA and raised 5 beautiful children.In addition to her loving husband Robert, she is survived by her children, Steven Conrad and his wife Evelyn of Brewer, ME Stephanie Chavarie and her husband Michael of Brewer, ME Perry Conrad and his wife Catherine of West Newbury, MA Sharon Philbrick and her husband Gregory of Johnston, RI David Conrad and his wife Esheen of Sarasota, FL brother Leonard Taylor, Jr of Vinita, OK sister Anita Willy and her husband Robert of Vinita, OK aunt Sr. Bernice Taylor of Wichita, KS 9 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.Family and Friends are respectfully invited to attend calling hours on Sunday, May 20^th from 2-5pm at the Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street, Haverhill, MA. Funeral services will begin on Monday, May 21^st at 11am with a Mass of Christian Burial at All Saints Church, 120 Bellevue Avenue, Haverhill, MA. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Cemetery, 29 Barker Street, Lawrence, MA. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com