Melber, Joyce Corine b. 19 Jun 1934 Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA d. 17 Sep 2015 Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA: My Damon Genealogy

1934 - 2015 (81 years)

Name	Melber, Joyce Corine
Birth	19 Jun 1934	Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA [1]
Gender	Female
Census	14 Apr 1940	Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA [2]
Death	17 Sep 2015	Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA
Person ID	I50	My Damon Genealogy
Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

Father	Melber, Bruce Rutherford, b. 24 Sep 1903, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA d. 24 Jan 1989, Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA (Age 85 years)
Mother	Moulthrop, Dorothy Irene, b. 21 May 1914, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY d. 15 Mar 1992, Fountain Hill, Lehigh Co., PA (Age 77 years)
Marriage	22 Jun 1932	Weatherly, Carbon Co., PA [3]
Family ID	F71	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Reed, William Clair, b. 08 Jan 1930, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA d. 27 Jun 1979, Sailsbury, Somerset Co., PA (Age 49 years)
Marriage	12 May 1956	Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA [4]
Family ID	F73	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	28 Jun 2015

Event Map

	Birth - 19 Jun 1934 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
	Census - 14 Apr 1940 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
	Marriage - 12 May 1956 - Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA
	Death - 17 Sep 2015 - Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA

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		Melber, Joyce Corine Birth Record
		Melber, Joyce Corine Baby Record Book, Page 1
		Melber, Joyce Corine Baby Record Book, Page 2
		Reed, William Clair and Joyce Corine Melber Marriage Certificate
		Reed, William and Joyce Melber Engagement Announcement Jim Thorpe (Pennsylvania) Times News 27 Dec 1955
		Reed, William and Joyce Melber Wedding Announcement Jim Thorpe (Pennsylvania) Times News 09 May 1956
		Melber, Joyce Corine Appendectomy Mauch Chunk (Pennsylvania) Times-News 11 June 1949

Notes

Joyce was originally named Delores June, but her name was changed before her baptism in January. No one remembers why.

Obituary
Joyce C. Reed, of Jim Thorpe, went home to be with the Lord on Sept. 17. She was the wife of the late William C. Reed, who passed away in 1979. Joyce was born in Mauch Chunk and was the daughter of the late Dorothy (Moulthrop) and Bruce Melber. She worked for many years as a secretary/bookkeeper at Neast & Co and later became secretary/bookkeeper for Penn Hill Furniture. She graduated from Mauch Chunk High School Class of 1952 for which she was one of the speakers. She loved her family and enjoyed the time spent with her brothers and sisters and her many nieces and nephews. She loved her church family at St. John's Lutheran Church In-The-Heights, Jim Thorpe, where she taught Sunday school for more than 55 years and loved every minute that she spent with the children. She was an inspiration to all, both students and teachers, whose lives she had touched. Her favorite pastime was playing the piano, which provided her with hours of entertainment, putting puzzles together, gardening and nature, and coming up with crafty projects that she would make and give to her family and friends. She had good neighbors and friends, and appreciated everything that they would do for her, and always tried to be there for anyone that needed a friend, even people that she didn't know. When she was in rehab in the Mahoning Valley Nursing Home, her goal was to see a smile on everyone she met, so she would stop to talk to everyone, or just reach out and touch them and give them a big smile and tell them to have a nice day. Joyce will be missed dearly by her many friends and family. The world is a better place for her having lived. Joyce is survived by sisters, Phyllis Esrang of Jim Thorpe; Doris Farrell of Bethlehem; Sharon, wife of Al Damon of Manchester; Donna, wife of Richard Armbruster of Jim Thorpe; brothers, Bruce Melber, Donald Melber and wife Dianne; all of Jim Thorpe, and many nieces and nephews.

Published in (Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania) Times News on Sept. 19, 2015

Sources

[S21] Birth Record.
Joyce Corine Melber, notification of birth registration (1934), File no. 72342, US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, state office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
[S697] 1940 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk, enumeration district 13-36, p. 61A (penned), household 52, Dorothy I. and Bruce R. Melber, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627_3461.
[S21] Birth Record.
Bruce Robert Melber, Coaldale State Hospital birth record, 1939, Pennsylvania Department of Welfare
[S630] Marriage Record.
William Reed and Joyce Melber, marriage certificate 31937 (1956), Orphans' Court of Carbon County, Pennsylvania