Joan Virden

January 23, 1940 - February 22, 2021

Joan Virden, 81, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, February 22, 2021. Joan was born January 23, 1940, in California, to parents Thomas Monroe Lewis II and Lillie Clare (Wood) Lewis. She graduated from Stigler High School and then graduated nursing school in 1974. Joan married the love of her life, Roger Benton Virden on August 12, 1960. Joan was a Cancer survivor. She worked as a nurse for over twenty years at Jane Phillips Medical Center. She loved being a Nurse and helping others. Joan worked in the CCU and ICU as well as other areas of the hospital. She never met a stranger and always knew just the right thing to say to lift someone’s spirits. Joan’s greatest joy was her family. Family meant the world to her and to her family she was everything. She loved watching her grandson grow up and was very proud of him. She is responsible for many of the good qualities in her children, grandson and even her daughter in law Kandi. Joan had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh. She could light up a room with her smile. She loved to cook, collecting and going to garage sales to find bargains. Joan was meticulous, making sure everything was planned and taken care of for her family -even after she was no longer there. Joan always put everyone before herself and never stopped being Mom... She was preceded in death by her parents Thomas “Tommie” and Lillie Clare (Wood) Lewis; sisters Shirley June (Lewis) Mack and Evelyn Ruth (Lewis) Hulluma; son Lance Kevin Virden and nephew Matthew Mack. Joan is survived by her husband Roger Benton Virden; son Chad Eric Virden; daughter in law Kandi Rae Gaus and grandson Eric Benton Virden of Carmel, Indiana. Private family services will be held at a later date.