OBIT: Orpha L. (GRANT) JOYCE, 1988, native of Garrett, Somerset County, PA

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    ORPHA L. JOYCE
  
    Orpha L. Joyce, 83, of Golden Towers, Tarentum, died October 18, at the
  Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona heights, Harrison, where she was
  admitted October 10.
    Born July 7, 1905 in Garrett, she was the daughter of the late Charles E.
  and Leona (Malcolm) Grant, also of Garrett.
    She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel A. Joyce in 1974; her
  patens, two sons: David and John; a daughter, Helen Stabile; a sister,
  Elizabeth; and a brother, Belmont.
    She is survived by: a son, Daniel R. Joyce, of Albuquerque, New Mexico;
  three daughters: Mrs. John (Mary Ann) Jankowski, of Tarentum; Mrs. Robert
  (Margaret) Sherwood, ElPaso, Texas; and Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Montoga of
  Freemount, California; 16 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; two
  sisters: Thelma Lenhart, Garrett; and Emma Boyer, Cumberland, Md.
    She taught elementary school in Somerset County Schools, Most Blessed
  Sacrament School in Natrona Heights; and St. Peter's School, in New
  Kensington, before retiring in 1963.
    Friends were received at the Albert H. Duster and Sons Funeral Home in
  Tarentum.  Burial was in the Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell.
  
  The Republic, October 27, 1988
  
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