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The Rev. Michael S. Joyce, O.F.M., age 82, a professed
Franciscan Friar 61 years, and a Catholic priest 55 years,
died Monday, August 15, 2022 in Beacon, NY after an extended
illness.
A native of Newark, NJ, and a 1958 graduate of Saint
Peter’s Prep, Jersey City, NJ, Father Michael had served in
Franciscan missions in Japan and Africa following priestly
ordination in 1967. He then served in various capacities in
the U.S. before his retirement in 2016.
Father Michael is predeceased by parents Walter and Anna
(Quinn) Joyce, his three sisters: Sr. Marianne Joyce, SC,
Colleen (Carl) Kelly, Sheila and husband Patrick Priest;
sister-in-law Joyce Joyce, and niece Kathleen Anderson.
He is survived by his Franciscan brothers in Holy Name
Province and brothers James, Tinton Falls, NJ, Walter
(Dorothy), Livingston, NJ, and Brian (Deirdre), Vancouver,
WA, 24 nieces and nephews from the Joyce, Priest and Kelly
families and their spouses, 55 grandnieces and grandnephews,
and three great-grandnieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered Saturday,
August 20, 2022 at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 65 Bartholdi
Ave., Butler NJ, at 10:30 a.m. Viewing will begin at 9:30
a.m.
The livestream of the funeral can be reached via the
parish website: www.saopp.org. Burial will take place at Mt
Calvary Cemetery, Butler, immediately after the Mass.
Arrangements entrusted to the Morrison Etheridge Funeral
Home, Butler, NJ. www.themorrisonfuneralhome.com |
