Joan Boggs, legal assistant, volunteer

Joan E. Boggs, a legal assistant who had lived in Ridgefield for 27 years, died Monday, May 5, at Danbury Hospital. She was 60 years old and the wife of Joseph R. Boggs.
A native of North Easton, Mass., Mrs. Boggs was born on Oct. 7, 1942, a daughter of Dorothy Keith Berry of North Easton and the late Dexter Berry. She had worked as a legal assistant with a Stamford law firm.
Mrs. Boggs was a member of the Ridgefield Graveyard Committee, a group that has been restoring the old cemeteries in town. She had also been active with Literacy Volunteers in Danbury, teaching English to the foreign-born.
An avid reader, Mrs. Boggs especially enjoyed 16th Century English history
Besides her husband of 36 years and her mother, Mrs. Boggs is survived by two daughters, Victoria Boggs of New York City and Stephanie Boggs of Tucson, Ariz., and a brother, Paul Berry of North Easton.
A memorial service will take place Friday, May 9, at 8 p.m. in the Bouton Funeral Home, 31 West Church Street, Georgetown. Interment will be private.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 7 to 8.