Wasco-Multnomah-Sherman County OR Archives Obituaries.....Joyce, Julia "O'Hehir"  May 17, 1987
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The Dalles Weekly Reminder, May 22, 1987
Julia "O'Hehir" Joyce, 90, died in Portland May 17.  A former resident of 
Sherman and Wasco counties, she had lived in Portland for 24 years.

Mrs. Joyce was born in Barna, Co. Galway, Ireland, June 1, 1896, and came to 
America in 1915.  She married John Joyce in New York City on Jan. 13, 1918 and 
moved with him to Grass Valley in 1919.  Later, she and her husband 
homesteaded in Sherman County and in 1925 moved to the Bakeoven area, later to 
Pine Grove in 1934, where they farmed until retirement in 1963.

Mrs. Joyce was a member of Ascension Catholic Church in Portland.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 1966 and daughter Margaret 
in 1985, and son, Toby, in 1934.

She is survived by four daughters, Anna Joyce of Portland, Kathleen Pilling of 
Lafayette, Cal., Mary Maurer of Antelope, and Barbara Sharp of Grass Valley; 
11 grandchildren and eight great-grnadchildren.

Recitation of the Rosary was held at Smith Callaway Chapel and Mass for 
Christian Burial at St. Peter Catholic Church, with Rev. Msgr. William S. 
Stone as celebrant.

Memorials are suggested to St. Mary's Academy in The Dalles or to charity of 
choice.

Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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