Surrounded by her family, Joan Evelyn (MacNamara) McKay died peacefully at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital, in Fredericton, on February 11, 2012, after a brief illness. She was 68, wife of Robert (Bob) McKay of Hampstead, NB. Joan was born on April 3, 1943, in Greenwich, NB, the daughter of Laura (Sterritt) MacNamara and the late John MacNamara. Joan is survived by her husband Bob; son Freeman and Joyce McKay of Hampstead; daughters Mary Lou Slipp and Ralph Lawson of Wickham, Marlene and James Cookson of Kars, Rosanne and Harry Thomson of Queenstown, and Donna and Jeff Urquhart of Cumberland Bay; grandchildren John, Justin and Curtis McKay, Valerie, James and Laura Slipp, Kathleen Cookson, Adam and Sarah Thomson, Roland, Logan and Olivia Urquhart; sister Marjorie and Gary Johnson of Brown’s Flat; an uncle. niece, nephew and several cousins. She is resting at Sherwood’s Funeral Home and Life Tribute Centre (506-839-2156), 18 Scovil Road, Norton, NB, with visiting on Wednesday, from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 pm. Funeral service, conducted by Rev. Lisa Pacarynuk, will be held at 11:00 am., Thursday, February 16, 2012, from St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Queenstown, NB. A private family interment will take place at St. Paul’s Anglican Cemetery, Oak Point, NB. Condolences to the family may be made through www.sherwoodsfuneralhome.com