Obituary of Joan Pappas
Joan Pappas, age 90, of Oronoque Village in Stratford, passed away peacefully on
Wednesday, September 16, 2020, at Bridgeport Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late Michael T. Pappas. Born in Port Chester, N.Y. on July 15, 1930, she was the daughter of the late John and Rosalie (Killilea) Hanssler. Joan was a graduate of Port Chester High School before attending Cornell University. She then completed a secretarial course at Katherine Gibbs School in Manhattan and went to work at the advertising agency, Doyle, Dane, and Bernbach. Almost immediately, she went from the secretarial pool to the office of an executive who sent her to the New York Public Library to research topics for the television show, “Robert Montgomery Presents…” She married the late Andrew Bartlik and subsequently married the late Benjamin Busch. For 25 years, she was employed by Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals in Ardsley, N.Y., where she rose from executive secretary to Director of Operations.
With her husband Michael, Joan was an avid sailor and a proud member of the Housatonic Boat Club in Stratford. Joan was also the first female Commander of the Manhasset Bay Power Squadron, an association dedicated to boating education and safety. During retirement, Joan participated in many volunteer activities including helping with theater productions and social gatherings, being a member of the Oronoque Architecture Club, teaching AARP driver safety courses, and with her husband Michael Pappas, teaching computer classes and providing computer technical assistance to Oronoque Village residents. Joan was a loving and devoted wife, mother, stepmother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, volunteer, and friend of many. She lived a full life and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Survivors include her sister, Barbara Cuddy; children, Barbara, Andrew, and John Bartlik, and Karin Rampino, their spouses, David Carroll, Carol, Kim, and Joe; her stepchildren, Elizabeth Busch-Le Né, Theodore Pappas, and Michele Schurman, and their spouses, Roger, Nancy, and Robert; her cherished grandchildren and step-grandchildren Thomas Carroll, Beatrix Carroll, Valerie Baumann, Gina Rampino, Evan Bartlik, Jack Bartlik, Rosie Bartlik, Max Bartlik, Rebecca Pappas, Sarah Pappas, Lorionna Metzger, Phillip Schurman, Robert Schurman and James Schurman and 2 great-grandchildren and 10 step-great-grandchildren.
Joan was predeceased by her brother, William Hanssler. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Stratford Police Department-Police Athletic League. Photographs of Joan and and condolences may be viewed and left on this website. Also, the recording of Joan’s September 25th Zoom funeral service may be viewed at the link below by using the following passcode: JoanPappas2020*
To view Memorial slideshow click the link below
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qUt423ShuSlgKRI-JiICyyNCWnWKRUtX2RQTlydJ_vE/edit