Joyce Miriam Hesselgrave Booth

Joyce Miriam Booth passed away February 21, 2011 on her 87th birthday, in Lacombe, Alberta. Joyce was born in 1924 in Irricana where she attended school. She graduated from the Hollingshead Business College before working at Good Year Tire in Calgary. She married John Francis (Jack) Booth in 1946 and resided in Consort, then Irricana for many years where they owned and operated Booth’s General Store. Joyce served many years as Councillor and Mayor for the Village. She was an active member of the Beiseker Rebekah Lodge and worked for the Royal Bank of Canada in Beiseker, retiring in 1982. In 1995, Joyce relocated to Airdrie and spent retirement years happily with friends, traveling, bowling and playing Bridge. She remained an active member of the K.J.K. Seniors’ Club. Joyce was a devoted mother to Sheila (Lorne Cannon) and Shirley (George Boyack); a proud grandmother of Jamie, JoAnne, Stuart and Lorna; and a great grandmother to Layla. She is survived by her sister, Sheila Shortt, brother Ted (Joan) Hesselgrave, and brother-in-law Rex (Marguerite) Booth. Joyce was predeceased by her husband Jack in 1983 and her mother, Ethel Hesselgrave in 1997. A Memorial Service will be held at FOSTER’S GARDEN CHAPEL, 3220 – 4 Street N.W., Calgary (across from Queen’s Park Cemetery) on Monday, February 28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family via the website www.fostersgardenchapel.ca.

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