Joyce Elaine (Bryers)
Pelletier, aged 75, of Wyoming, passed away on Tuesday, November 17,
2009 after
a courageous battle with cancer. Joyce was born on August 24, 1934 in
McMillan,
MI. She later graduated from Newberry High School in 1952 and Northern
Michigan
University in June of 1958. On July 4, 1958, she married Nelson
Pelletier in
Escanaba, MI. She was a teacher in Cheboygan, MI in 1958 and then in
Rudyard,
MI in 1961. She devoted the rest of her life to being a homemaker,
raising two
sons, and following her husband to various parts of the country due to
his
work. Joyce was an active member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. She was an
expert
at moving, having had 36 different addresses in over 51 years. She
loved to
travel and enjoyed her family. Joyce was preceded in death by her
parents,
Floyd and Salmaine Bryers; brothers, Maynard and Wayne; and sister,
Donna. She
is survived by her husband of 51 years, Nelson; sons, Tim (Kay)
Pelletier of
Grand Rapids and Tom Pelletier of Madison Hts.; grandchildren, Alethea
Pelletier of Grand Rapids, Joel and Madison Pelletier of Madison Hts.;
great-grandson, Jeffery Joel Pelletier; brothers, Howard Bryers and
Marvin
Bryers; sisters, Phyllis DeMay, Sharon Anderson, Barbara Malarney, and
Lois
Bryers. Funeral services for Joyce will be held on Saturday at 11:00
a.m. at
St. Mary Magdalen Church, 1213-52nd Street SE, Kentwood with Rev.
Godfrey
Onyekwere presiding. Interment Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary Magdalen
Church, Faith
Hospice-Trillium Woods, or American Cancer Society.
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