Of Waltham, passed away unexpectedly Thursday morning December 5th, 2013 in Newton Wellesley Hospital at the age 87.
Born on March 10, 1926 in West Orange, New Jersey; Joyce was raised in New Jersey and lived for a period of time in Washington, D.C. and Port Jefferson, New York before moving to Waltham over 25 years ago.
Joyce was employed with the United States Government Office of Patents and the Raytheon Credit Union in Waltham until her retirement.
She was an active in many of the Waltham Senior organizations and spent a lot of time at the Waltham Senior Center. She helped many seniors through the Meals on Wheels program and volunteered for the Waltham Salvation Army.
In her spare time she enjoyed clipping coupons, saving recipes, knitting, ceramics and all types of arts & crafts.
She is survived by her loving son Christopher G. Ellen of Shirley, her cherished grandsons Jonathan and Christopher Ellen, her close and dear friends Kennan Rosenthal of New Salem, MA and Alya Ryan of the Netherlands, the DeNapoli Family and her extended family in New Jersey.
Relatives & Friends are respectfully invited to attend a Funeral Service in celebration of Josephine's Life in the Chapel of Brasco & Sons Memorial, 773 Moody Street, WALTHAM on Saturday morning Dec. 14th at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham. Visiting Hours will be held in the Funeral Home on Saturday morning prior to the service from 9:00 11:00 a.m. Visitors are encouraged to use the complimentary valet parking.
In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701.
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