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

Joan was born in Waterbury, CT 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 MA.  After earning her Masters 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, NY, and Englewood, NJ. 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, CT. 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 older sister, Helen Goldberg of Bethany CT, Paulette Feinberg of VA, 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 will be held on Sunday, February 12th at 9:30am at Temple Israel, Westport CT. Burial will follow at the Temple Israel Cemetery on Richards Avenue in Norwalk CT. Shiva to follow at the home of Amy and Charles Rosoff, Westport CT on February 12 following the burial until 6 PM and February 13 and 14 from 4 to 8 PM. 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.