Frances Joan Alcorn

Frances Joan Alcorn, 92, of Bainbridge, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

She was born March 22, 1932 in Greencastle, the daughter of Estel and Mary (Hood) Shonkwiler, and was a graduate of Greencastle High School in the class of 1949.

Joan married Harold Alcorn on Sept. 14, 1950, working on the family farm together.

Joan was a homemaker and she loved spending time with family, sewing and gardening.

She was a member of the Groveland Homemakers Club and attended the Groveland Presbyterian Church and the Bainbridge United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sister Clema Perkins; brothers Marshall Shonkwiler and Malcom Shonkwiler; and a great-granddaughter, Anne Marie Lanie.

Joan is survived by her children, Debra (John) Lanie, Ron (Jane) Alcorn, Dorothy (Bill) Hill, Jennifer (Roddy) King and Camela (Rick) Johnston; sisters Loisdene Reeves and Roberta Scaggs; grandchildren Chris Hutchens, Stephanie (Bryce) Jones, Alison (Jason) Lanie, Ryan (Lindsey) Hill, Jeff (Lauren) Hutchens, Tyler (Amanda) Gordon, Andrew King, Jay (Jennifer) Alcorn, Christa (Ronnie) Campbell, Kassie (Derek) Steele, Dustin King, Kyle (Stephanie) Alcorn and Lauren (Joel) Flanders; and 25 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 30 at the Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home. A private family interment will follow at the Groveland Cemetery, next to the family farm. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday from 11 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Joan to the donor’s favorite charity.

The family would like to thank Mill Pond Health Campus and Life’s Journey Hospice for their wonderful care given to their mother.