Joyce Weeks

Joyce Weeks, age 84, of Bellefontaine, Ohio passed away at 5:00 A.M. September 19, 2018, at the Green Hills Inn in West Liberty, Ohio.

She was born in Coshocton, Ohio October 19, 1933, a daughter of the late Paul and Ada (Stevens) Wilson.

On February 17, 1951, she married Richard E. Weeks and he proceeded her in death January 15, 2017.  She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Debra Sue Gunderson; a sister, Patty Lou Wilson; a sister-in-law, Patricia Barbee and a brother-in-law, Ernest Barbee Jr.

She is survived by a daughter, Linda K. (Steven) Popp of West Liberty and a son, Christopher Scott Weeks of Bellefontaine; three grandchildren, Jason D. (Gretchen) Lapp, Andrea K. (Chad) Claybaugh, and Meghan D. (Scott) Miller all of West Liberty; eight great grandchildren; two sisters, Mona (Bill) Hague and Marcia Callarik, both of Cambridge, Ohio; a brother, Clarence “Sonny” Hillyer of Byesville, Ohio and several cousins in Cambridge.

Joyce was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Bellefontaine.  She began working as a filing clerk for Wagner’s Cookware in Sidney, Ohio and later worked for the Sidney Civic Association.  She then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and worked at the Fairbanks-Morris Scale Company.  After moving back home to Bellefontaine, she worked in bookkeeping for the Knowlton Construction Company.

She loved spending time with her family, and she and her husband Rich loved traveling with family to all parts of the world including their favorite destination, China.

Pastor Ben Shaeffer will officiate the funeral service at 11:00 A.M. Monday, September 24, 2018 at the Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Bellefontaine.

Visitation will be held Sunday, September 23, 2018 from 2 to 4 P.M. at the funeral home.

Burial will be at the Greenwood-Union Cemetery in DeGraff, Ohio.

The funeral arrangements are in the care of the staff of the Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Bellefontaine.

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