Joan Pleasant King, age 83, died Monday, March 6, 2017. She was born in Pittsburgh, PA and moved to Pinellas County in 2001. She was formerly from Crafton and Pennsburg Village, PA and worked as the Manager at ALCOA Aluminum for 25 years. She loved animals and especially loved her cats. She enjoyed classical music, the opera, old movies, and reading. She also enjoyed cooking and sitting on her porch watching the chipmunks play.

She was preceded in death by her mother Elsie Virginia Shannon and John Neely Shannon. She is survived by her daughter Alison King Voyvodich; grandson Christopher Voyvodich; son-in-law Theodore Voyvodich; brother John Shannon; sister-in-law Nancy Shannon; niece and nephews, Brittany Shannon, Greg Shannon, Rebecca Grimes, and Grant Grimes; and five great nieces and nephew.

Services will be held at Montour Cemetery on April 29, 2017 at 11:00 AM with a celebration of life to follow. Donations may be made in her memory to the Humane Society or Animal Welfare Institute.