Following is the obituary for JOAN LITSKY ROSENBLATT WETZLER, submitted for the family by the Abraham L. Green and Son Funeral Home.

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Joan Litsky Rosenblatt Wetzler, 87, of Westport, passed away on Feb. 10, 2023, in Bridgeport.

Joan was born in Waterbury to Bernard and Freda Litsky.

A competitive swimmer, Joan graduated from Crosby High School in Waterbury and earned a B.S. in mathematics from Clark University in Worcester, Mass. After earning her master’s in social work from University of Connecticut, Joan went on to work as a social worker at several JCCs in Norfolk, Va.; Savannah, Ga.; Troy, N.Y., and Englewood, N.J. 

After her husband, Herbert Rosenblatt, died of a heart attack at the age of 38 in 1971, Joan remarried Fred Wetzler in 1973 and moved to Westport. She was a social worker at the Family & Children’s Aid in Norwalk, then in the Inpatient Psychiatry Department at Norwalk Hospital, and later, private practice until she retired.

Joan is survived by her sisters, Helen Goldberg of Bethany and Paulette Feinberg of Virginia; her three daughters, Amy (Charles) Rosoff, Jodi (Scott) Galin and Lisa (Marc) Krigsman, and her grandchildren, Heather and Ben Rosoff, Hannah Galin (Michael Katz) and Rebecca Galin (Sam Epstein) and Jamie and Em-J Krigsman, and her great-grandchild, Sophia Katz. She was predeceased by her first husband, Herbert Rosenblatt in 1971 and second husband, Fred Wetzler in 2010.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Feb. 12, at Temple Israel, Westport. Burial followed at the Temple Israel Cemetery on Richards Avenue in Norwalk. Shiva to follow at the home of Amy and Charles Rosoff in Westport on Feb. 12 following the burial until 6 p.m., and Feb. 13 and 14, from 4 to 8 p.m. For more information, to join a livestream, and to share a condolence message, visit www.greensfuneralhome.com.

Memorial contributions may be made to Temple Israel, 14 Coleytown Road, Westport, CT 06880.