Joan Geraldine Kanaley Bayoud was a devoted mother and wife who made time to be a civic leader and entrepreneur.

"She did it all," said her daughter, Laura Bayoud Hunt of Dallas. "She had a family first, she did what she could civically and then she got to the age where she wanted to do more. ... That's when she started her real career."

Mrs. Bayoud, 79, died Friday at UT Southwestern University Hospital of complications of a stroke.

A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. today at Christ the King Catholic Church. Private graveside services will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Mrs. Bayoud served on several boards including the YWCA, and TACA, where she also chaired the TACA televised auction and gala. TACA supports the performing arts of North Texas with grants and efforts to increase public awareness of the arts.

Mrs. Bayoud, who was born in Brooklyn, was a nursing student when met her husband-to-be at Long Island College of Medicine Hospital in 1949.

He was a surgical resident and she was a student nurse in a body cast, having broken her back in a horse-riding accident.

Dr. George Bayoud accidentally hit the rail of the future Mrs. Bayoud's bed while giving her medication, causing her excruciating pain, their daughter said.

" 'What's your name,' " she yelled at the resident, Ms. Hunt said of her parents' meeting. " 'I'll get even with you if it's the last thing I ever do.' "

Eight months later, Mrs. Bayoud was out of the body cast and met Dr. Bayoud in the emergency room, where they both had been assigned. She was amazed watching his hands at work. They began talking. A week later she broke her engagement with another man. She married Dr. Bayoud three years later, in December 1952, their daughter said.

Mrs. Bayoud earned her nursing degree but never practiced as a nurse.

In 1954, the couple moved to San Antonio, where Dr. Bayoud was chief of surgery at Lackland Air Force Base.

In 1956, they moved to Garland, where Dr. Bayoud opened a clinic with his brother, Dr. Paige Bayoud. The clinic became Garland Medical Center and Hospital, a 150-bed hospital. The hospital closed when Dr. Bayoud retired about 20 years ago.

In 1959, Mrs. Bayoud joined the staff of YWCA, where she worked in adult education. Her YWCA programs included starting an American Music Forum featuring jazz.

Mrs. Bayoud also helped her husband and brother-in-law, doing secretarial and reception work for their growing clinic.

She also helped her mother, Edith Kanaley, operate a Garland real estate business, North Central Realty.

In 1964, Mrs. Bayoud opened Blue Book of Turtle Creek Realtors in Dallas, "specializing in homes for the discriminating," priced $40,000 and over.

Mrs. Bayoud continued to be active with the Dallas Civic Opera and co-founded the Dallas Charity Horse Show with Norman Brinker, her daughter said.

She became involved with TACA and in 1975 was chairman of the group's TV Auction.

As her family grew up, Mrs. Bayoud ventured further into business.

In 1975, Mrs. Bayoud and her daughter opened Roberta di Camerino Boutique, the first of their series of Dallas shops that later included The Haberdashery and Les Enfants, which featured designer miniature ball gowns and party dresses from Europe.

Stanley Marcus would visit The Haberdashery.

"Mr. Stanley used to come over and sit and have coffee and just admire the clothes," Ms. Hunt said. "He used to visit all the time."

The individual boutiques eventually were merged to a single shop, Joan and Laura Boutiques.

Mrs. Bayoud retired in the early 80s, after about eight years as a boutique operator, her daughter said.

In addition to her daughter and husband, Mrs. Bayoud is survived by three sons, George S. Bayoud Jr. of Dallas, David C. Bayoud of Dallas, and Bradley Bayou of Los Angeles; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.