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Carol Joyce (Patrick)
McElyea
Dec 26,1931 - Nov 26, 2016
Posted by Ann Weber
BARTLESVILLE EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
Carol "Joyce" McElyea, 84, of Copan, died at 5 P.M. on Saturday, November
26, 2016 at her home northeast of Copan, surrounded by her family.
Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M. on Thursday, December 1, 2016 in
the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Bush, her son-in-law
officiating. Interment will be in the Ochelata Cemetery under the direction
of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.
Friends who wish may call for visitation at the Stumpff Funeral Home and the
family will receive guests at the funeral home from 6 P.M. until 8 P.M. on
Wednesday.
Memorial funds have been established and those who wish may send their
contributions to the Salvation Army, 101 N. Bucy, Bartlesville, Okla., 74003
or to Elder Care, 1223 Swan Drive, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74006.
Joyce was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 26, 1931 to Villis G. Patrick
and LaVeda L. (Bacus) Patrick. She grew up and received her early education
in southeast Kansas until finishing her education by graduating from Dewey
High School in 1949. She was then married and had four children. She later
married Robert McElyea on April 19, 1966. She attended secretarial school in
Bartlesville and they made their home in Bartlesville and Copan until Mr.
McElyea's death in 1984. She and Roy E. House became companions in 1985 and
made their home in Copan where they combined their families. Mr. House
preceded her in death in 2002. Joyce had held various secretarial jobs at
businesses in Bartlesville and in 1972 she became the first female meter
reader for the City of Bartlesville. She continued her employment with the
City of Bartlesville in the Water Department and then as a records clerk at
the Bartlesville Police Department until her retirement. She was a member of
the Town & Country Christian Church. She loved to play bingo and cards and
loved to work on genealogy. She has been in ill health for the past four
years.
Survivors include two daughters, Deniece Bush and husband Mike of
Bartlesville, and Jona Martin and companion, Bobby Smith of Copan, a
daughter-in-law, Gay Wheeler, four grandchildren, Jona Johnson and husband
Cliff, Robert Blevins and wife Helen, Shelly Barrientos, and Hollie Veach
and husband Joel, and ten additional loving grandchildren, 17 great
grandchildren which includes her "Little Man", Spencer Veach, and six great
great grandchildren, her additional children, Ed House and wife Paula, Keith
House and wife Debbie and Merri Murphy and husband Tim.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, one
sister, three children, Theodore "Teddy" Hitchcock, Dynda Lue Escobedo and
James D. House.
Friends who wish may sign the online guest book and leave condolences at
www.stumpff.org.
Funeral Home
Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory
1600 Southeast Washington Boulevard
Bartlesville, OK 74006
(918) 333-4300
Published in Examiner-Enterprise from Nov. 29 to Dec. 28, 2016
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