January 19, 2005
Catherine P. Joyce, a Friend of the College, died Jan. 19
in New York, at 93.
A longtime resident of New Rochelle, N.Y., Mrs. Joyce had
been active in her parish, the Church of the Holy Family;
in addition to founding a chapter of the Legion of Mary there,
she had been a member of the Holy Sepulchre.
Mrs. Joyce had been married 54 years to her husband, John,
until his death in 1989. The former chairman of Joyce Beverages,
Inc., Mr. Joyce received an honorary degree from Holy Cross
in 1979. They had been members of the President’s Council
at Holy Cross.
Mrs. Joyce is survived by two sons, John M. III and his
wife, Geraldine, and Timothy J. ’69 and his wife, Nancy;
four daughters and three sons-in-law, Mary Catherine McCooey,
Patricia Joyce Figge and her husband, John ’59, Bonnie
Joyce Grace and her husband, Thomas ’62, and Cashie
Joyce Egan and her husband, Thomas ’71; daughter-in-law,
Mary McConnville Joyce; a sister; 34 grandchildren, including
John M. IV ’79, Thomas P. Jr. ’82, Mary Figge
Power ’83, Julie Joyce Kenary ’84, Robert E. ’86,
John C. ’87, Robert H. McCooey Jr. ’87, Ann Figge
Nawn ’88, Mark J. McCooey ’89, John O. Figge ’91,
Timothy J. McCooey ’91, Cathleen J. Staley ’91,
Marianne Joyce Swift ’91, Mary C. McCooey-Dodman ’92,
Michael J. Figge ’93, and Thomas G. Grace ’95;
and 74 great-grandchildren, including Catherine A. Lemek ’06.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Joyce was predeceased by
her son, Thomas P. ’59; a son-in-law, Robert H. McCooey ’52;
and seven brothers.
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