Obituary: Joanne Louise (Rudderham) Regan

Joanne Louise (Rudderham) Regan, 71
Joanne Louise (Rudderham) Regan died on Oct. 20 after a seven-year struggle with dementia. She was 71.
Born on Feb. 16, 1948, in Weymouth, she spent the first 20 years of her life in Hull. She graduated from Hull High School, where she was a member of the marching band, in 1966 and, in that same year, met her husband-to-be, Ron. She was married on Sept. 7, 1968, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Hull. 
Joanne’s grandfather was a real estate agent in Hull in the early 1900s, and her father had been with the Hull Fire Department. 
Joanne and her family moved to Texas in 1977, but she never lost her love for this town. Every couple of years, she and her family would make the long drive from Texas to spend two weeks at her father’s house on top of Strawberry Hill. After her father died and the children had moved on, she and her husband would fly up to visit in Hull with longtime friends and spend many hours at Nantasket Beach, riding the carousel and just enjoying being home again. 
Joanne made her last trip to Hull in October 2018. It was a place she always loved and never forgot.