She married Boris George Ivanof on Jat St Adalbert’s Catholic Church in South Bend, IN. She was born March 23, 1939, in South Bend, IN to Zenon John and Florence Magdalene Widawski. Joan Rita Ivanof Special Note: The Funeral Mass will be livestreamed via Joan Rita Ivanof, age 84, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 1, 2023, at the Center for Hospice Care in Mishawaka, IN, following a long journey of Parkinson’s and more recently breast cancer.