Iola Jane Joy

Jane Joy passed away on January 22, 2015, one day before been her 93rd birthday. Jane was born on January 23, 1922 in Springfield, IL, to Royce and Genevieve Ackerman. Her father was a civil engineer for the Missouri Highway Department and moved every few years to various parts of the state. As a result, Jane lived in various communities while growing up. She graduated in 1939 from St. Joseph’s Central High School and met her future husband, John Delbert (Del) Joy while playing golf with her sister at Swope Park. She and Del married and moved to Raytown in 1951 and had four children. Jane was a homemaker until her children reached high school age and then went to work as an instructor and later manager of the Elaine Powers Figure Salon in the Blue Ridge Mall. She later worked on a part-time basis at the Drivers’ License Bureau in Raytown. She was a member of PEO and was active as a leader in her children’s various scouting and youth activities. Jane, like her mother before her, was an excellent cook and held large dinners for her extended family. While severe hearing loss somewhat limited her activities in her later years, Jane always enjoyed what she was doing and had just returned from a trip to Las Vegas where she won something at the slots, saw and enjoyed a show or two and took part in a granddaughter’s wedding. Jane was predeceased by her husband, parents, two sisters, Mary Ann Jessup-Gunn and Betty Miller, and is survived by her four children, Michael Joy of Lee’s Summit, Susan Keen of Lee’s Summit, Barbara Ward of Independence, Bob Joy of Wellsville, KS; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral will be held at 12PM on Saturday, January 31, 2015, at Floral Hills Funeral Home, 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64133, with visitation at 11AM, followed by inurnment next to Del at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family would suggest donations to your local Harvester’s.