In Memory Of
Joan Elizabeth Briman
1925
2023
Joan Elizabeth Briman
November 2, 1925 — February 5, 2023
Joan Elizabeth (Walsh) Briman, 97, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2023 at Brewster Health Care Center in Topeka. She was born in Bloomington, Illinois on November 2, 1925, the eldest of six children, to Lawrence and Imelda (Gunn) Walsh.
Joan moved to Topeka to begin her career as a registered nurse at the Winter VA Hospital, where she met her future husband, Dale. In midlife, she returned to college to earn a B.A. in Fine Arts from Washburn University, and subsequently obtained a Master's in Art History from the University of Kansas.
Joan is remembered as one who expressed herself through a body of artwork that spanned her lifetime. She produced art in many forms including charcoal sketches, drawings, paintings using various mediums, etchings, papermaking, as well as journals that detail her deepest thoughts along her lifelong quest to resolve the unanswerable questions of life. She was a charter member of the Collective Art Gallery in Topeka. In addition to the volume of art, Joan amassed a library of books relating to a wide variety of intellectual interests, including eastern religions, art, architecture, and fiction.
Joan married Dale Briman in Topeka, Kansas on January 24, 1953. They shared 55 years of marriage until Dale's passing in 2008. Joan is survived by sons, Steve (Derie) Briman and Rob (Carol) Briman, four grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
At Joan's request, there will be no funeral service. A celebration of life is planned in her hometown of Bloomington, Illinois at a later date.
The family asks that memorial donations be sent to Topeka Civic Theatre, 3028 SW 8th Ave, Topeka, KS 66606 or Doctors Without Borders USA, P.O. Box 5030, Hagerstown, MD 21741 or online at, https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate
To leave a message for Joan's family, please visit the guestbook below.
Joan moved to Topeka to begin her career as a registered nurse at the Winter VA Hospital, where she met her future husband, Dale. In midlife, she returned to college to earn a B.A. in Fine Arts from Washburn University, and subsequently obtained a Master's in Art History from the University of Kansas.
Joan is remembered as one who expressed herself through a body of artwork that spanned her lifetime. She produced art in many forms including charcoal sketches, drawings, paintings using various mediums, etchings, papermaking, as well as journals that detail her deepest thoughts along her lifelong quest to resolve the unanswerable questions of life. She was a charter member of the Collective Art Gallery in Topeka. In addition to the volume of art, Joan amassed a library of books relating to a wide variety of intellectual interests, including eastern religions, art, architecture, and fiction.
Joan married Dale Briman in Topeka, Kansas on January 24, 1953. They shared 55 years of marriage until Dale's passing in 2008. Joan is survived by sons, Steve (Derie) Briman and Rob (Carol) Briman, four grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
At Joan's request, there will be no funeral service. A celebration of life is planned in her hometown of Bloomington, Illinois at a later date.
The family asks that memorial donations be sent to Topeka Civic Theatre, 3028 SW 8th Ave, Topeka, KS 66606 or Doctors Without Borders USA, P.O. Box 5030, Hagerstown, MD 21741 or online at, https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate
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