K. Joan Hessling

K. Joan Supon Hessling, R.N., 97, of Carbondale, died Monday September 14th at the Forest City Nursing Center.  She was the widow of James J. Hessling, who died January 10, 2000.

Born in Carbondale, daughter of the late Charles and Pauline O’Koren Supon, she was one of the first babies admitted to the newly opened St. Joseph’s Hospital in July 1929; having been born in the old hospital at the convent and moved along with her mother to the new hospital.  She was a lifelong member of St. Rose of Lima Church, where she was baptized, confirmed, and married from; she was also a member of its Altar and Rosary Society.  She was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Class of 1947, and St. Joseph’s School of Nursing, Class of 1952, both of Carbondale.  She later attended Marywood College and Seton Hall University.  Prior to her retirement in 1991, she was employed by the Marian Community Hospital, Carbondale, where she was in charge of the Pediatric Unit.  She had previously worked at St. Agnes Hospital, White Plains, NY and Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ.  In retirement, she worked as a volunteer in the Emergency Room at the Marian Community Hospital.

Surviving are a daughter: Kathleen Pelick and husband Bill, Browndale; two sons: James Hessling, Carbondale; Thomas Hessling, and wife Robyn, Sapphire, NC; 8  grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by a son: John Hessling; a daughter-in-law: Anne Hessling; and two brothers: Donald and John Supon.

The funeral will be Monday, September 21st from the Brennan & Brennan Funeral Home, Inc., 55 Lincoln Avenue, Carbondale, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 am in St. Rose of Lima Church, Carbondale.  Interment will follow at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Finch Hill.  Friends may call Sunday, from 4 to 6 pm.

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