Walter L. Joy - 1926-1986

JOY, HENDERSON, VIFIAN, DOWNS, TROENDLE, CHAPMAN

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 4/1/2011 at 18:56:52

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON REPUBLICAN-STANDARD, October 21, 1986
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Walter L. Joy, age 60, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa died October 14, 1986 in Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Services were held Friday October 17 at 10 a.m. at St. Matthew's Catholic Church with the Rev. Gerald Condon officiating. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery with military rites by American Legion Hanford Post #5.

Walter was born January 6, 1926 in Cresco, Iowa to Walter and Marie (Henderson) Joy. The family moved to Allamakee County when Walter was about 2 years old. On November 3, 1951 he married Patricia Vifian in Manchester, Iowa. He was an electrician with the IBEW Local 405 for 35 years before retiring. He was a member of St. Matthew's Church, Disabled American Veterans, and Manchester American Legion. He was a long-time Democratic Central Committee member and served in the Army's First Calvary division during World War II.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and one sister.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia; a son Robert Joy of Des Moines, Iowa; and three sisters, Bernadine Downs of Knoxville, Iowa, Sarah "Sadie" Troendle of Waukon, Iowa and Marie Chapman of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.