Alfretta Joyce Mehl

Alfretta Joyce Mehl was born on December 25th, 1936 to Alfred and Wahaneta Thomison in Copan, OK. Surrounded by most of her children, she passed away peacefully on April 4th, 2025 at the age of 88 years.

Joyce had 6 children, 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and 7 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Ray Gene Mehl, her son Ray Gene Mehl Jr., her grandson Estevan Quintana, her great-grandson Christopher Mehl, her brother Sonny (Boyd) Thomison of Fairfax, OK, her sister Linda Bethel of Shindler, OK, her parents, and many other beloved relatives. She is survived by her children, Terry (Donna) Mehl of Shelton, WA, Amy Quintana of Taos, NM, Toni (Ken) McGuire of Zillah, WA, Paula (Bob) Gustafson of Goldbar, WA, John (Suzanne) Mehl of Burien, WA, her younger sisters Anita Nail and Jayne Thomas of Kingfisher, OK, and many more beloved relatives.

Joyce was with Ray, who was in the Air Force for 20 years. They lived in a great many places such as Oklahoma, New Hampshire, Alabama, Taranto Italy. They spent 6 years at Edwards Air Force Base in California before they retired and moved to Redmond, WA in 1968.

Joyce was a kind, loving, patient woman who never spoke badly of anyone and always had room for one more person in her house. She was always busy knitting, crocheting, cooking, sewing, reading, or playing her computer games. Joyce had a sharp mind and checked in with her family on a regular basis, updating everyone on what the others were doing.

Joyce is greatly loved and will be missed by all. Her celebration of life will be held at the Shelton Yacht Club in Shelton, WA on August 9th at 11:00am. All are invited to attend. We will celebrate with a potluck type of meal. You are welcome to fix either your favorite or whatever you enjoyed with Alfretta, or Joyce, or Mom, or Grandma, or whatever you called her.