Joan Catherine (nee Weigand) Blessing age 81 of Maple Shade passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Philadelphia, she was a longtime resident of Maple Shade. Joan was a parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Help R.C.Church and a former member of the Altar Rosary Society. Beloved wife of the late William H. Blessing, Sr., mother of the late William H. Blessing, Jr., and Robert Blessing, loving mother of Stephen Blessing and Patricia and her husband William Miller, dear grandmother of Jennifer, Jessica and her husband Brian, Blair and her husband Keith, Alec, Amanda and Danielle, cherished great grandmother of Liam, Julian, Max and Noah, sister of Nancy Mudrick, Ronald Weigand and Catherine Huggett. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday October 16th, 11AM at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 236 E. Main St., Maple Shade. Interment private. Memorial contributions may be made to the church at the above address. Arrangements by the MARK C. TILGHMAN FUNERAL HOME, Maple Shade. (856)779-1200.