Joan Hooser

Born in Marion, Alabama on June 22, 1955

Departed on May 26, 2015 and resided in Nashville, Tennessee

JOAN WISER VAN HOOSER

As a girl, she danced with her grandmother on rainbows cast by prisms hanging in a window. As a woman, she used her God-given gifts to positively touch and influence the lives of countless people.

Joan Wiser Van Hooser was born on June 22, 1955 in Marion, Alabama. She finished her journey in this world in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. In the years between, Joan lived a remarkable life - a life of powerful personality and heroic deeds that served and sometimes rescued those fortunate enough to know her.

Joan is the daughter of Dr. Winfred Wiser and Dr. Nell Wiser. She grew up in Jackson, MS., Memphis and Nashville. She loved the movie "Pollyanna" because of the unshakeable optimism of its title character. She grieved when Jim Henson and Mister Rogers died. She was a self-proclaimed "professional appreciator." And Joan wrestled with God because that's what you do when you care deeply about that relationship.

Joan is survived by her husband, David, her loving partner through adventures that ended all too soon. She is also survived by her children who grew to understand and appreciate this woman who launched them on their own journeys: Daniel (and Allison) Nadeau, Lauren (and Dee) Travis, Winfred (and Lindley) Nadeau, and Brittany Van Hooser-Childs... also by loving grandchildren: Story Henson Childs, Veda Grace Childs, and Arthur Ian Travis... by her mother, Nell Wiser, and big brother and life-long friend, Nick (and Cay) Wiser... and by several cousins, nieces and in-laws. In a very real sense, Joan is also survived by all of those people whose lives she touched as a school counselor, a pre-school teacher, mentor, co-worker, and friend.

A Celebration of Life service for the amazing Joan Wiser Van Hooser will be held Friday, May 29 at Otter Creek Church, 409 Franklin Road, Brentwood. Visitation is at 4:00pm, with the service at 6:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to express their love for Joan with a donation to the Wayne Reed Christian Childcare Center, Nashville. A portion of the funeral services is being handled by Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens Funeral Home.

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask
or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him
be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations,
for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21