Name: Doris (Bryant) Joyce Date: May 14th, 1913 - July 20th, 2010 Obituary: Doris M. (Bryant) Joyce, 97, of Bowdoinham, Maine, went to be with her Lord and Savior after a courageous battle with multiple health issues, on July 20, 2010, surrounded by her loved ones, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Marilyn and Frederick Davis. She was born in Livermore, Maine on May 14, 1913, to Daniel and Alice (Cummings) Bryant. Mrs. Joyce gave her heart to Jesus when she was five years old while at a child’s evangelism meeting and was baptized in the Cliftondale Church of the Nazarene, Cliftondale, Massachusetts, at the age of twelve. On December 2, 1938, she married her sweetheart, Reverend Harland C. Joyce of Winthrop, Massachusetts. Together, they raised five children in their Christian home. They were married for more than 46 years until his death in 1985. In 1936, she graduated from the Eastern Nazarene College Academy in Wollaston, Massachusetts and continued at Eastern Nazarene College until May 1938. She received her B.S. in Education from the University of Maine in June 1970. She taught first grade in Richmond, Maine until moving to Bowdoinham in 1955. There she started her private “Joyce Kindergarten” and taught 5 years while caring for her youngest son, John Joyce. She was then hired to teach at the Coombs Elementary School in Bowdoinham and later at Bowdoin Central Elementary School retiring in 1977 after teaching kindergarten and primary school for a total of 16 years. Her great love of children and teaching continued until her passing as she softly spoke to each grandchild and great-grandchild, holding their hands and speaking her words of wisdom. They always brought her a smile. Alongside her husband, Reverend Joyce, Mrs. Joyce served the Churches of the Nazarene in Franklin, Massachusetts and Richmond and Bowdoinham, Maine, for over 45 years as a Pastor's wife and in supporting roles as Sunday School teacher and Missionary President. Throughout the years, Mrs. Joyce is fondly remembered for designing and building over thirty award-winning, church and kindergarten floats for the Bowdoinham parade. Reverend and Mrs. Joyce were instrumental in the development of Richmond Nazarene Campground, a Christian summer camp, and church revival meeting place located at in Richmond, Maine. Reverend Joyce served as its first camp manager while Mrs. Joyce worked in the dining hall creating special desserts. They got their whole family involved by running the Campground Store and they later purchased a cottage that their family enjoyed for many years. Camp Meeting was a real spiritual renewal for not just the Joyce Family, but hundreds of other people as well. In her spare time, Mrs. Joyce enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, painting and cooking. Her grandchildren fondly remember her delicious homemade donuts, cream puffs and fancy desserts that she served at family gatherings. She also loved to read and spend time with her family. She was a devoted pastor’s wife and a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to her family and will be greatly missed. For many years, Mrs. Joyce was cared for by her son, Dan Joyce and his wife Kathy, as well as her son, John Joyce, at her home in Bowdoinham, Maine until recently, when she stayed at Hospice House in Auburn, Maine for nine weeks before finally being moved to the home of her daughter, Marilyn and husband, Fred Davis in Turner, Maine. She is survived by her five children and their families: Richard Joyce of Wilmington, Vermont and his children, Benjamin Joyce and wife, Sieglinde, Kevin Joyce and wife, Mary, and Naricha Savanorke-Joyce; Reverend Daniel Joyce and his wife, Kathleen of Bowdoinham, Maine and their son, Darren Joyce and wife, Ruth; Marilyn Davis and her husband, Frederick Davis of Turner, Maine and their children, Laura Davis and husband, Peter Rinck, Frederick Davis, Jr. and fiancé, Karen Hathaway, Jennifer Davis, Jeremiah Davis and fiancé, Vivian Briggs and Isaiah Davis; Carolyn Morse and her husband, Wayne Morse of Quincy, Massachusetts and their children, Alisa (Morse) Fisher and husband, Reverend Donn Fisher and Alan Morse and wife Erin; and John Joyce of Bowdoinham, Maine; 21 great-grandchildren; two nieces, Gale Durin and Elaine Bryant; nephew, Gordon Joyce; several cousins as well as Judith Morse of Bowdoinham, whom she lovingly referred to as her other “daughter,” and her best friend of 85 years, Geraldine Haley of Cliftondale, Massachusetts. She was pre-deceased by her husband, Reverend Harland C. Joyce; one brother, Paul Bryant; and two nieces and two nephews. The family would like to send heartfelt gratitude to the staff of the Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice as well as Hospice House for their gentle, respectful care of Mrs. Joyce as well as family friends, Barbara, Cindy and Pat who helped provide exceptional in-home care for Mrs. Joyce over the last several years. Visitation will be held Friday, July 23 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Brackett Funeral Home located at 29 Federal Street, Brunswick, Maine. A viewing will be held at the First Church of the Nazarene on Main Street in Bowdoinham on Saturday, July 24, 2010 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. with funeral services directly following at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Bay View Cemetery, Bowdoinham. Memorials: First Church of the Nazarene, 7 School Street, Bowdoinham, ME 04008 or the Androscoggin Hospice House, 236 Stetson Road, Auburn, ME 04210