Joan A. Regan

Dr. Joan A. Regan, 88, of Fond du Lac, WI, died Saturday, October 24, 2009, at the St. Francis Home where she had been a resident since August of this year. She was born August 22, 1921, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Albert R. and Mary A. Barber Wittock. Dr. Regan graduated from Carroll College and the Logan School of Chiropractic of St. Louis. She was a former member of the Wisconsin and International Chiropractic Associations, receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Association. Joan was a former member of the Girl Scout Council Board of Directors. She maintained her practice in Fond du Lac from 1975 to 2008. Prior to that, she practiced in Pewaukee and Waukesha. In her years of practice, she had taken care of over ten thousand people. Surviving are two daughters, Anne (Steven) Oberlander of Charlotte, NC, and Ellen (Timothy) Burmeister of Brown Deer, WI, four grandchildren, Bowman (Asa) Heiden of Doha, Qatar, Regan Ariel Oberlander of Charlotte, NC, Horst Burmeister of Brown Deer, and Ruairig Burmeister also of Brown Deer, and two great-grandchildren, Nicholas and Julia Heiden of Doha, Qatar. Her parents, her husband, Dr. Walter Diekfuss, a daughter, Joyce J. Heiden, and a brother, Sheridan Vincent Wittock, preceded her in death.



A memorial service will be held on November 7, 2009, at 10:00 AM at Prairie Home Cemetery, 605 S. Prairie Avenue, Waukesha, WI. The family requests that memorials be directed to the Joyce Joanne Heiden Scholarship Fund, c/o the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac, 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac, WI 54935. Memorials are also welcome to the Susan J. Komen Fund For the Cure. 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250 Dallas, TX 75244Uecker-Witt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Additional information and guest book may be found at www.ueckerwitt.comThe family would like to extend a sincere thank you to the staff of St. Francis Home, as well as Joan's office staff for their love and support.