Joyce is survived by her daughter June (Rod); son in law Stan (Susan);daughter-in-law Doreen; grandchildren, Corrine, Brent (Tracy), Jennifer, Jessica (Ben), Sean (Maren), Lourie (Sean); great grandchildren Bailey, Sydney, Riley, Hudsyn, Brianna, Ethan, Morgan, Sydney; sister Penny; brother-in-law Lloyd; nieces, Janet and Terry (Joel). Joyce was predeceased by her son Doug, daughter Cathy, sister June, nephews Ken and Kyle, and her parents.
Joyce was born in Saskatoon SK. on June 8th, 1931. She was chosen along with her twin sister June, to be loved and cherished by their adoptive parents Clem and Eva Blampied in late 1932.After finishing high school, Joyce married her husband Bud Kerslake in 1949. They took up residence in Saskatoon where they celebrated the birth of their first two children there, Doug and Cathy. In 1955 they moved to Edmonton to facilitate Buds work and resided in Inglewood. With the birth of June, their family was complete. Joyce was very active in the community, coaching baseball, working at the community hall, supporting her husband and son with hockey endeavors, and coaching Cathy’s baseball team and later the bantam girls team in Inglewood. Joyce was very close to her twin sister June, and as their families grew up, many happy weekends and summers were spent together at Lac la Nonne. While the kids were in school, Joyce worked at Spratlin Animal Hospital with her sister. Following there, she went on to work at the U of A Clinical sciences building, helping to care for the animals housed there. After retiring from the the U of A, Joyce moved to her house in Belvedere and took training to become certified to run the first dialysis machine in Barrhead. Joyce was very involved in the community, helping to cater at Belvedere along with joining the cast in the local theater group for their many Dinner theaters. She was an avid quilter alongside her daughter Cathy. She loved to cook, bake, can, and was always handing out goodies of one kind or another. One of Joyce’s proudest moments, was the burning of her mortgage to her house and five acres of land. Joyce painstakingly planted spruce trees, which she dug up in the bush to frame her property. A visit to her house could always find her sunning on her deck, surrounded by pots of flowers, birdfeeders, and squirrels. She loved to be outside with nature, working on her tan.
Joyce was a wonderful lady that endured many challenging times in her lifetime, but she always came through, and was there for everyone else.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Dr Tawfik and the wonderful staff of Shepherds Care in Barrhead for the care and love she received the last four years. We are very grateful for the kindness showed to her.
A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
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