Catherine Marie “Kaky” Joyce, 81, lifelong Memphian, died April 10, 2013 at the Ave Maria Home. A graduate of St. Agnes Academy, she attended U.T. Knoxville where she was a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She worked for more than thirty years in the Shelby County Chancery Court in various positions, her favorite being adoptions. The family will receive guests on Saturday, April 13 from 12:30 until funeral mass begins at 1:30 all at St. Louis Catholic Church on White Station Road. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her parents Walter G. & Katherine McHugh Joyce. Kaky is survived by her cousins Margaret “Peggy” O’Neil, Joyce Bousson & Norma McHugh all of Memphis; Jane O’Neil Letchworth of Shelby, MS; Timothy Sullivan of San Jose, CA; Margaret McHugh of Nashville, TN; and Suzanne McDonough of Millington, TN. The family would like to express their gratitude to the care givers and nurses of the Ave Maria Sr. Francis House and employees of Crossroads Hospice for their care and love of Kaky. In lieu of customary remembrances, contributions may be made to St. Louis Catholic Church, Poor Claire’s Monastery, Ave Maria Home or the organization of the donor’s choice. Online condolences and floral offerings may be made at www.memphisfuneralhome.net.
SHARE OBITUARY
v.1.8.18