Joan Dolores BOYCE

Joan Dolores Hayes (née Boyce) August 06, 1932 - March 23, 2005 Funeral arrangements by Atlantic Funeral Home (Halifax) HAYES, Joan Dolores - 72, Bedford, formerly of Halifax, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in QEII Health Sciences Centre. Born in Glace Bay, she was a daughter of the late Alphonsus and Katherine (Bates) Boyce. Joan enjoyed travelling and entertaining. She shared her great sense of humour with all she knew, and was the life of the party, never more so than during her last year with her friends at The Berkeley in Bedford. Over the years she worked with various employers including the Workers' Compensation Board, but her true vocation was homemaker and mother. She was very proud of her family and their accomplishments. She will be greatly missed by her sons, Michael (Cathy) and Kevin (Leanne) in Halifax, and daughters, Susan (Mrs. Paul Fitzgerald), Brisbane, and Patty, Perth, Australia, as well as her grandchildren, Laura, Ian and Cameron Hayes, and Jim and Kate Fitzgerald. She is also survived by sisters, Pauline (Mrs. John T. MacIsaac), New Glasgow; Clair (Mrs. James Nisbet), Seattle, U.S.A.; Betty (Mrs. Paul Terrio), Antigonish, and Mary (Mrs. Bernard LaPorte), Halifax. She was predeceased by brothers, Ray, Michael, Bernard, John; sisters, Kathleen and Theresa. Cremation has taken place. Visitation 7-9 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in Atlantic Funeral Home, 6552 Bayers Rd., Halifax. Funeral service 10 a.m. Friday, April 8, in St. Agnes Church. Reception to follow at the residence of Joan's son, Michael. Donations in Joan's memory may be made to Canadian Cancer Society.