Joyce Woodbury
Joyce Nicholes Woodbury, 95, died May 21, 2026 in South Portland, Maine. She was born November 8, 1930 in St. George, UT, the eighth of nine children, to Joseph Kelly and Olive Maiben Nicholes. Joyce graduated from Brigham Young University in 1952 with a BA in Art. She later obtained a teaching certificate and taught in Heber, UT.
During a stay in California, she met Hugh Woodbury. Joyce and Hugh married June 29, 1955 in the Salt Lake City Temple and raised their seven children in the LDS Church. Joyce held many callings from Sunday School teacher and family history consultant to stake Primary president. From 1992-94, Joyce and Hugh served as senior missionaries in London, England. For over a decade, they traveled to Boston, MA weekly to assist others in the temple.
Joyce returned to school in her fifties, earning an MFA in Lithography in 1988 from SUNY Albany. In 1996, Joyce and Hugh left upstate New York for new adventures on Peaks Island, ME, where they lived for nearly twenty years.
Joyce was an avid reader and audiobook listener, especially of British mysteries. She was an excellent baker. She loved flower gardening, which she did with an artist’s eye for height and color.
Joyce was predeceased by her beloved husband of 70 years, Hugh; their son, Eugene and grandson, Henry Joseph. She is survived by six children: Ann (Jerry Moore), Scotia, NY; Beth (Harry Hart), Puyallup, WA; Joseph, Orem, UT; Henry (Coral Oliver), Sharon, MA; Daniel (Cindy Henderson), West Friendship, MD; and Katherine, Portland, ME. Eighteen grandchildren: Kezia, Emily, Jonathan, Kelly, Eve, Stephen, Daniel, Amanda, Zachary, Caleb, Alyssa, Elijah, Sylvia, Giacomo, Maggie, Jeffrey, Emma, and Justin. Seventeen great-grandchildren: James, Sarah, Madeline, Emma, Ivy, Olive, Ian, Westly, Max, McKinley, Oakley, Eliza, Aurora, Diana, Weston, Mia, and Sadie.
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