Palestine High School Alumni Association

11 / 02 / 1928  –  06 / 17 / 2006

Memorial services for Jeanne Dunn Joyce will be held Tuesday, June 27, 2006, at 1 p.m. at Palestine Church with pastors Danny Rodriguez and Shane Harris officiating. Visitation will take place at the church after the service. Burial will be at the Palestine City Cemetery.

Jeanne Dunn Joyce went to be with our Lord on June 17, 2006, at her daughter’s home in Colorado with her family at her side. She was born November 9, 1928, in Calvert, Texas, to Fred and Winiford Belle Hinsely Dunn. She married Jerry Joyce (Claude Gerald Joyce Jr.) on June 11, 1949, at First United Methodist Church in Palestine, Texas.

Jeanne spent her first 20 years of marriage raising her family and then returned to complete her college education with her daughter Karen at Stephen F. Austin State University with a bachelor of arts degree in education and journalism. She then completed her master’s degree in creative writing at the University of Dallas in 1978. Her appreciation and love for language, writing and art will always be remembered by those who knew her well. She enjoyed teaching English at the Palestine Christian School, Sunday School and Bible studies. Although she had been battling cancer for many years, her devotion has been to her family. She attended Grace Bible Church in Palestine and the Anglican International Church of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

She was preceded in death by son-in-law, James Sheffer in 2004. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Joyce; two daughters, Sandra Harris of Austin, Texas, and Karen Sheffer of Colorado Springs, Colorado; her brother, Ray Dunn of Sugar Land, Texas; grandchildren, Ali Sheffer of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Shane Harris and wife, Stacey Harris, of Austin, Texas; David Harris and wife, Amy Harris of Conroe, Texas; Karen Haro and husband, Luis Haro of Palestine, Texas. Great grandchildren include Hanna, John and Emma Harris and Rebecca and Emily Haro. Also included are two nieces and a nephew, Suzanne Steele and husband Don, Diane White and her husband, Peter, and David Dunn and wife, Misty.

Memorial contributions may be made in Jeanne’s memory to the Dale House Project 7 West Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903; Vision Austin Church, 8818 Travis Hills Dr., Apt. 1216, 78735; and Grace Bible Church, P.O. Box 4604, Palestine, Texas, 75802.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 06-25-2006