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::St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Cemetery--Austin TX

Joyce Braboy

AUSTIN - Joyce Braboy, 78, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in St. Matthew's 
Episcopal Church. Burial will be in the church's memorial garden. 
Arrangements are by Cook-Walden Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home.

Mrs. Braboy was born in Chandler, Okla., on Oct. 17, 1925, to Ennis 
H. Hamic and Cora Ellen Stephens Hamic. Joyce grew up in Oklahoma 
City and in Amarillo. She was a member of the United States Cadet 
Nurses Corps while enrolled in St. Anthony's Nursing School in 
Amarillo.

She married her high school sweetheart, Bill Mack Braboy, in Amarillo 
in 1944, during his service as a cadet in the Army Air Corps. Joyce 
transferred with her husband as he was assigned to various bases 
during World War II, working in administrative civil positions on 
base. Following the war, Joyce and Bill returned to Amarillo, where 
they reared five children. The family relocated to Austin in 1975.

Joyce loved her life and felt blessed in having many friends and 
family members who shared in it. She had a deep affinity for water 
and spent most of her adult life as a swimming instructor, coach and 
water safety instructor. She was an avid bridge player and 
entertaining anecdotist. She felt particularly enriched by her 
relationship with her extended family at St. Matthew's Episcopal 
Church. Her family wishes to thank all her friends for their part in 
making Joyce's life a joyous one.

She was preceded in death by her husband and an uncle, S.W. "Steve" 
Stephens of Oklahoma City, whom she regarded as a brother.

Survivors include her children, Melody Kyle and husband, Scott, of 
Austin, Cathyrn Neese and husband, Paul, of Belton, William Braboy 
and wife, Jan, of Austin and Misty Soderstrom and husband, Stan, of 
Indianapolis; and Joyce was exceedingly proud of her 14 grandchildren 
and seven great-grandchildren, the most recent of whom was born the 
day before her death.

The family suggests memorials be to the Permanent Endowment Fund of 
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church.

After the service, a reception for friends and family will be held in 
the church courtyard.

Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 12, 2004
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