Joan E. Whitford, 55, of 16 Meadow Lane, died at 7:20 p.m. Thursday (March 29, 2001) in Manor Oak Life Center. A lifelong area resident, she was born Aug. 6, 1945, in Jamestown, the daughter of the late C. Elmer and Sigrid Ljunberg Johnson. She was a graduate of Jamestown High School and in earlier years had been manager of Hallmark Card Shop, Chautauqua Mall. She was a longtime member of the Kidder Memorial United Methodist Church and its Dorcas Society and the Ladies of the Moose. She was a devoted mother, grandmother and aunt. She enjoyed crocheting and had made afghans for many members of the family. She is survived by her husband, Thomas E. Whitford, whom she married May 13, 1967; a daughter, Kimberly A. Maynard of East Randolph; a son, Douglas E. Whitford of Jamestown; two grandchildren: Jason J. and Janice Y.S. Maynard, both of East Randolph; and three brothers: Charles J. Johnson of Exchange, W. Va., Eugene S. Johnson of Jamestown and John A. Johnson of Sanford, Fla. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Kristine M. Whitford, who died June 21, 1994. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Lind Funeral Home. The Rev. Jerome D. Ward, pastor of Kidder Memorial United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Kidder Memorial United Methodist Church, 385 S. Main St., Jamestown, N.Y., 14701, or the American Diabetes Association, New York State Memorial Processing Center, P.O. Box 31160, Hartford, Conn., 06150-1160.