In Memoriam : Germaine Joy

Germaine K. Joy - age: 77
(April 21, 1938 to July 14, 2015 )
Resident of Exeter, California

Visitation Information:
Visitation will be on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 1:00 PM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 601 North B Street, Exeter CA. Funeral Services will follow at 2:00 PM at the church. Burial will be in the Exeter District Cemetery.

Obituary:
GERMAINE KATHERINE JOY
APR 21,1938----JULY 14, 2015

AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER, GERMAINE WAS CALLED HOME AFTER COMPLETING HER EARTHLY MISSION. HEAVENLY FATHER WELCOMED HER HOME WITH OPEN ARMS.
SHE WAS BORN IN ABERDEEN., SOUTH DAKOTA TO LEO DASCHEL AND FLORENCE MCDONOUGH . HER FAMILY MOVED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHEN SHE WAS TWO YEARS OLD. THIS IS WHERE SHE MET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE RICHARD JOY. AFTER A WHIRLWIND COURTSHIP, RICHARD AND GERMAINE WERE MARRIED ON SEPTEMBER 23,1955.
THEY MOVED THEIR FAMILY TO VISALIA IN 1971. SHE LOVED PLAYING SOFTBALL AND WATCHING ALL HER CHILDRENS GAMES. SHE WAS ALSO AN AVID GARDENER AND ALWAYS HAD FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES GROWING AROUND THE YARD.
SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER HUSBAND OF 59 YEARS RICHARD. DAUGHTERS DIANN MATLICK (ROBERT)OF VISALIA, KAREN BETTENCOURT (MICHAEL)OF EXETER. SONS RICK JOY (NADINE)OF EXETER, MICHAEL JOY (CAROL)OF VISALIA. SISTER VERNA DASCHEL. BROTHER-IN-LAW NED JOY (FRANNIE) 15 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 6 GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN ALSO SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS A BELOVED WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER, SISTER AND AUNT. SHE WAS A GREAT PERSON WITH ENOUGH LOVE TO GO AROUND. SHE WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY EVERYONE.







Shirley Bridges - July 18, 2015Contact this person Contact this person
Joy Family, I am so sorry for your loss. My deepest condolences.


Jolene Jordan - July 23, 2015Contact this person Contact this person
So Sorry for your loss Joy family.