A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Illinois > Pike http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=615 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=57664 Submitted by: watersb Article Title: Pike Press Article Date: June 11 2008 Article Description: Obituary of Kelley, Joyce Article Text: PITTSFIELD, Ill. -- Joyce Kelley, 50, of 224 North Clinton, Pittsfield, died at 12:55 a.m. Friday (June 6, 2008) in her home. Born Sept. 3, 1957, in Quincy, Joyce was a daughter of Eldon Scott and Mary Louise Akins Kelley. Joyce was a 1975 graduate of Quincy High School and attended York College in York, Neb., and Gem City Business College in Quincy. An excellent cook, Joyce also enjoyed gardening and collecting Victorian figurines and ladies head vases. She especially loved her two pet dogs, Ollie and Moonie. Joyce was employed as a cook at the Black Bull Taco House in Quincy and then owned and operated the Calf Town Cafe in Quincy for several years. She later worked at County Market in Quincy and Pittsfield for more than 15 years and then at the Green Acres Motel in Pittsfield for four years until retiring in 2007 due to ill health. Survivors include a sister, Ruth Ann Lofgren and her husband, Joseph, of Woodbridge, Va; a nephew, Alexander Lofgren of Woodbridge; and severa! l cousins and great-aunts and uncles. Ms. Kelley was preceded in death by her parents. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday in the Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield, conducted by Dan Mefford. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy. VISITATION: 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield. MEMORIALS: Blessing Foundation for Hospice or Pike County Unmet Needs. ARRANGEMENTS: Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home in Quincy. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com