E Joyce Damery

E. JOYCE DAMERY , age 68, of 615 Lake Road, Dryden, NY passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at the Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca, NY. "Joyce" was born June 21, 1940 at Flippin, KY a daughter of the late Luther and Ova Davis Good. She was graduated from Arcola High School and from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill and received her Masters Degree from Wright State University, Dayton, OH. Joyce moved to Ithaca, NY in 1970 and relocated to Dryden in 1978. She was employed at Tompkins Cortland Community College for 30 years until retirement in 2001. She was a Professor of Office Technology. Joyce is a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and was an active participant in the children’s ministry and women’s bible study. Joyce loved to travel having visited Alaska with her son and Vienna with her daughter. Joyce was a devoted and loving mother who did what ever she could to provide opportunities for her family and her students. She had a strong and lively spirit and a great sense of humor. She enjoyed flowers and gardening.

Survivors include her son, David Nathaniel Damery of Dryden; her daughter, Angela Diane Damery of Plymouth, MA; the father of her children, Thomas Damery, of Charlottsville, VA; siblings, Wilfred (Betty) Good, Gerald (Beverly) Good, Wilma Kerschner, Wanda (Terry) Shields and Donna (Tim) Sisk; nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by siblings, Carl, Brenda and Joanna Good.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday, June 28, 2008 at the Calvary Baptist Church, NYS Route 38, Harford, NY with Rev. James Owens officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hills Cemetery, Dryden. Friends are invited to call from 4 to 7 PM Friday at the family home, 615 Lake Road, Dryden. Friends are asked to consider a memorial to Calvary Baptist Church, P.O. Box 8, Harford, 13784. Perkins Funeral Home is assisting the family