Joan Robinson was born in Deptford, London on January 16, 1932.

Nannie loved life. She was with her husband Ken for 66 years and married for nearly 60 years they did everything together until the very end, She had three amazing children Clive, Glenn and Sandra, 5 wonderful Grandchildren and 8 Great Grandchildren. Nannie was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in February 2014, she had a marvellous smile that outshone her suffering.

Joan enjoyed many holidays with Ken where she travelled to many places, nan enjoyed many cruises where she over came seasickness on many occasions, she also enjoyed dancing and would be a regular face at a tea dance in Hove every Thursday. Nan's creativity & cross stitching made sure nobody went with out a birthday or Christmas card which many of the family have still kept, Nannie kept us all warm with cardigans and jumpers through our childhood and She would make sure every new baby that came in the family had a hand crocheted blanket, she would even make them for the hospice charity shop in Eastbourne. She loved Daniel O'Donnell (she said she didn't wash her face for weeks after she met him at one of this concerts as he kissed her cheek!)

Nan's GP made contact with an MND specialist at St Wilfrid’s, who came to her home and put both my grandparents at ease, discussing their plight and reassuring them that help would be given. The Hospice at Home team became involved a hospital bed was arranged and installed for Nannie. Grandad was also given advice and support which gave my grandad the confidence in undertaking the tasks he never imagined he would carry out for his wife.
Joan was introduced to the Thursday Wellbeing session with its wonderful team of nursing staff, therapists and volunteers, who were simply amazing. They made My Grandparents feel so welcome and they put Nannie at ease, helping her to adjust to the end of life situation she had been unexpectedly thrown into.

Nan loved to talk and would spend many evenings talking to one of her sisters or another member of the family sadly MND robbed her of her voice very early on and found it hard after a while, to write what she wanted down so had to resort to sign language to communicate. Nan passed away  on the 22nd July 2014 only 5 months after her diagnosis surrounded by her family.

She enriched our lives with love and we miss her every single day. She was a joy to be around. She spent her life helping others and meant so much to so many.