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Joyce Elaine Smith

1937 - 2022

Joyce Elaine Smith obituary, 1937-2022, Bloomington, IN

BORN

1937

DIED

2022

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Day & Deremiah-Frye Funeral Home

4150 East Third St

Bloomington, Indiana

Joyce Smith Obituary

Smith
Joyce Elaine
Smith
March 27, 1937
June 28, 2022

Joyce Elaine Smith of Bloomington, Indiana, passed away in the presence of her family on June 28, 2022. She was born on March 27, 1937, in Greeley, Colorado.
She graduated from Greeley High School and married her husband Gary in 1955. She enjoyed the first sixty years of her life in Colorado, where she became a productive, creative, and successful businesswoman, who established eight consignment clothing stores. She sold her businesses and retired to the Oregon coast in 1997. She moved to Bloomington, Indiana, in 2015, where she relished the company of her son Troy's family. She enjoyed shopping, playing MahJong with friends, and watching her grandson Wiley play baseball and golf.
Joyce was a kind, loving, and selfless person, treasured by all whose lives she touched. She went out of her way to make people comfortable and welcomed, even before thinking of herself. Joyce was devoted to her children and grandchildren and loved them dearly. She is survived by her husband Gary; children, Alan, Shelly, and Troy; grandchildren Larissa Brennan, Jamie Leigh, Chris Smith, Brandon Wacker, Henry Levine, and Wiley Smith; and great-grandson Carson Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents, David and Helen Weber (Kissler) and her sister, Janice Early.
An informal celebration of her life will be held at Deer Park Manor in Bloomington, Indiana, on Saturday, July 16 at 10 am. Flowers may be sent before then in care of her son, Troy Smith, 1637 S. Renwick Blvd., Bloomington, IN 47401. Remembrances may be posted to her online obituary (https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/bloomington-in/joyce-smith-10812911).

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Published by The Gazette on Jul. 6, 2022.

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Laurie Kissler Selander (Elmer's daughter)

July 9, 2022

My memory of Joyce is one which you described. I was a little girl lost in the crowd of lots of family around when I knew Joyce. She always came to me and made me feel special. Her memory will live with me forever. Laurie

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