May 3, 2021
Joan Taylor Bossert, 87, died peacefully at home Friday, April 30, 2021, surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her wonderful parents, Lillian Magargal Taylor and Roland P. Taylor; her beloved husband of 49 years, Harry “Bud” Bossert; her cherished sister, Jean Kempski and husband, John Kempski, all from Wilmington.
Joan graduated from Henry C. Conrad High School. She was a member of the National Honor Society and excelled in sports, especially basketball and field hockey and earned seven varsity letters, including one for cheerleading. Joan was also voted Best Athlete by her classmates.
Joan met her husband Bud on the dance floor at Conrad, and the two were considered the best dancers in the school. They married Nov. 7, 1953, during one of the worst snow blizzards of the decade.