Joan and Jim were high school sweethearts at Lower Merion and were rarely apart after they first met as teenagers. Jim passed in early 2020 after Joan dedicated herself to taking care of Jim as he battled cancer over the final years of his life. Joan was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, James A. Joan’s interest in childhood education formed as a student at Millersville, and continued as she enjoyed teaching the “Giraffe Class” at Trinity Nursery School in Gulph Mills for 25 years, where she was a favorite teacher to her kids and their parents. She graduated from Lower Merion High School and Millersville University. Raised in Narberth, PA, Joan was the daughter of Edwin and Elizabeth Kearns, and had a younger sister Barbara (Tom and Betsy Whittingham) who predeceased her. ![]() Throughout her life, Joan was devoted to her family and passionate about childhood education, cooking and tennis. ![]() Joan (Kearns) Knipe of Marathon, Florida, formerly of Exton, Pennsylvania, died peacefully at Bryn Mawr Hospital, surrounded by her family, on October 18th, 2022.
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