Joyce Lanelle Eades

JOYCE LANELLE EADES Funeral services for Cortez resident Joyce Lanelle Eades will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, September 15 at the Church of Christ in Walsenburg, Colo. with Pastor Anthony Maes officiating. Interment will follow at Huerfano Masonic Cemetery in Walsenburg. Visitation has been set for Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Joyce was born July 4, 1920 in Dermott, Texas the daughter of Waymon John and Ora L. (Clanton) Green. She passed away at Valley Inn Nursing Home on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at the age of 88. On June 24, 1939 Joyce married Carl Monroe Eades. They shared 47 years of marriage before his death. Joyce worked for 25 years as a cosmetologist owning her own shop, Vogue Beauty Shop. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Aztec, N.M. Joyce's first love was her great grandchildren, followed by crocheting, playing dominoes and Spinner. At the age of 67 she took dance lessons and enjoyed the Senior dances. Surviving Joyce are her children, L. Carlene Townsley and husband, Ray of Pueblo West, Colo. and Sis Foster and husband, Harold of Cortez; several grandchildren and great grandchildren; her brother, Bob Green of Denver; and three sisters, Merlyn Jones of Snyder, Tex., Tince Bigalk and husband, Norm of Aurora, Colo., and Bell Bishop of Cortez. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Eades; a son, Jerry Eades; a great grandson, Dusty Lance; and four brothers. Memorial contributions can be made in memory of Joyce Eades with the Alzheimer's Association, 701 Camino Del Rio Ste#115 A, Durango, CO 81301.