Joyce Fields

She grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana, where she graduated from Wiley High School in the Class of 1955. It was in Terre Haute where Joyce met her next-door neighbor, Harold Leroy Fields, who would become her senior prom date and the love of her life. The high school sweethearts married on August 10, 1956, and recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.

While Joyce worked professionally as a bookkeeper, she dedicated much of her life to her family as a homemaker and by volunteering in her church and community. When her children were young, Joyce was involved in their activities, serving as a PTO president and a 4-H Club leader. As her children grew into teenagers, she continued her involvement as a youth group counselor at Main Street United Methodist Church, where she was a dedicated member for over 50 years. She was also a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and the Kokomo Kiwanis Club.

Joyce along with her husband Harold were ballroom dancers and founding members of the Delco Dance Club. They also volunteered for the Kokomo Community Concerts, where Joyce routinely took the top honor of selling the most season tickets. The couple loved traveling and were members of the Community First Bank’s travel club. For over 20 years, they spent winters in their Sebring, Florida home. Joyce loved gardening, playing cards, decorating her home, shopping and dining out.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Mount and Edna Steele; stepfather, Robert Steele; stepmother, Jean Mount; brother, Rickie Steele; sister-in-law, Judith Susie Steele; and her dear aunts, Marian Fiscus and Sondra Love.

Joyce’s legacy of love lives on through her surviving family. She leaves behind her beloved husband, Harold; two children, Thomas Fields and Deneice Jarrett (Robin); brother, Steve Mount (Ann); granddaughters, Rachel Day (Danny) and Hannah Freiherr (Greg); and step-granddaughters, Alexis Jarrett (Jon Kuhn), Amanda Jarrett, and Abigail Jarrett (Quoc Duong). She is also survived by eight great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Family and friends may call from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon on Monday, August 31st at Main Street United Methodist Church, 830 South Main Street, Kokomo, Indiana. Funeral services immediately following. Guests are invited to join the family for a celebration meal at the church after the funeral. Interment will be at Sunset Memory Gardens.