Joan Kicera

Joan (Tedick) Kicera, 91, passed away on Saturday, September 6, 2025. She was born in Passaic, New Jersey on July 20, 1934, the only child of the late Anna (Korba) and John Tedick. Her husband of 48 years, Michael Kicera, Sr., predeceased her in October 2004. She leaves behind three children: Tamara of Delray Beach, FL; David (Deena) of Minden, NE; and Michael, Jr. (Kimberly) of Stoughton, WI; four grandchildren and one great-grandson.

She retired from NJ Manufacturers Insurance Company in Hillside, NJ, where she raised her family and resided for many years before moving to south Florida where she and her late husband enjoyed many years of retirement. Joan was known for her generosity and always being prepared with extra sunglasses, umbrellas, band-aids or anything anyone might need. She had a good natured ‘go-with-the-flow’ attitude, was always up for an outing and ever intent on wearing nothing but flip-flops everywhere she went. ☺️

Caring for others was her default. She made friends easily and was most certainly beloved — she will be missed immensely by family and friends.

She loved her ‘grand-dogs’ and lived with several of them (and her daughter!) for the last 10+ years — Donations can be made in her memory to the National Mill Dog Rescue www.nmdr.org P.O. Box 88468, Colorado Springs, CO 80831. 

Late Fragment 
And did you get what 
you wanted from this life, even so? 
I did. 
And what did you want? 
To call myself beloved, to feel myself 
beloved on the earth. 
—Raymond Carver