Joyce Lorraine Nuckles
September 12, 1927 - February 6, 2021
JoyceLorraineNuckleswasborninAlhambra,CA,September12,1927toRaymondArloHeatonandHelenElizabeth(Horne).ShepassedawayFebruary6,2021.ShewasraisedinLosAngelesandwastheoldestoffourchildren.ShegraduatedfromFranklinHighSchool,thenattendedbusinessschool.ShewassoonhiredbytheCanadianBankofCommerceindowntownLosAngeles.
Whileplayingtheviolainhighschoolorchestra,aboynamedRichard,whoplayedtheviolin,askedherforadate.Fouryearslatertheymarried,onJune25,1947.Sheissurvivedby,herspouseof73years,her3children,Vivian,StevenandDavid,9grandchildrenand10greatgrandchildren.
AftermovingtoBakersfieldin1970,JoycebecamethefirstsecretaryfortheKernCountyCouncilofGovernments(KernCOG),wheresheservedfor10years.
Shewillbeburiedat10AM,February19,attheVeterans'sCemetery.At2PMtherewillbeamemorialserviceatValleyBaptistChurch,4800FruitvaleAvenue,Bakersfield,CA.
AsayounggirlJoyceplacedhertrustinthepromisefoundinJohn3:16,"ForGodsolovedtheworldthatHegaveHisonlybegottenSonthatwhoeverbelievesinHimshouldnotperishbuthaveeternallife".WhensheandRichardwere23yearsoldtherewasatimeofspiritualrenewalforthem.Fromthattimeon,theyservedChristinchurcheswherevertheylived
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