Joan E. Newland, 79, died, Aug. 20 at Silverton Hospital in Silverton, Ore.

She was born June 3, 1930, and was a resident of Woodburn, Ore.

She graduated from Franklin High School and was formerly of Seattle, Wash., and Kodiak, Alaska.

She enjoyed raising her grandchildren, knitting, crafts, cooking, sewing and playing the organ and piano.

Joanne is survived by her mother Lillian Blanche Jay; husband Ernest Newland; brother John M. Jay; daughter Joanie Carr, and sons Ernest and Marvin Newland; and six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Family and friends are invited to attend the visitation from 5-8 p.m. Aug. 26 at Cook Family Funeral Home, 163 Wyatt Way on Bainbridge Island.

The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 27 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church on Bainbridge Island, Wash. A reception will follow at the church. Interment will take place at 2 p.m. at Washington Memorial Park in Seattle.