Joyce Anderson Peacock
1934 - 2019
Early Life: Joyce was born November 20, 1934, in Manti, Utah, the second daughter of Leslie James and Iris Denison Anderson. Her youngest years were spent in the mountains, fields, farms and valleys of Sanpete County. Her family followed their dad as he moved around the west coast of the United States before and during the opening months of World War II as he served in the Utah National Guard, and later, the United States Army Air Force. In later years, she told her children about the enforced nighttime blackouts where she lived along the coastline near San Luis Obispo in the days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. When her father left California for Italy to serve as the executive officer of a bombing group, the family returned to Manti to await his return. During these years, Joyce developed a deep love for music. She learned to sing, play the ukulele and often performed three-part harmony with her brother and sister in various church, family and civic events. Joyce attended Manti High School and was a drummer in the Templar Marching Band. She loved reading, music and her extended family, which populated much of the Manti South Ward. She developed close friendships with all of the locals through her job at Elliott's Drug Store, where she scooped ice cream, wrapped gifts and served customers at the snack bar. During her senior year of high school, during a South Ward minstrel variety show (precursor to the more recent church roadshows), she was assigned a song and dance routine with a particular young man in her ward. Until then, that young man, John "Bruce" Peacock, a couple of years her junior, had just been a face in the crowd, but became a close friend, and soon, the love of her life. Their children find this hard to believe because they rarely saw their parents dance.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Following graduation from Manti High School in 1952, Joyce attended Snow College and moved to Provo, Utah, to attend and graduate from Brigham Young University with a degree in elementary education. Bruce followed her to Provo; they were married in the Manti Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 10, 1956. Joyce taught school, while Bruce finished his accounting degree. They found their way to Southern California where she taught school a few more years. She was mother to four children: Jeff, Brad, Susan and Michelle. Choosing to be a stay-at-home mom, Joyce did have periods where she successfully applied her talents in different vocations: as an owner of several Adventureland Video franchises, residential real estate appraiser for Paul Brown Real Estate, and travel agent for the Travel Station in Provo. Her role as mother always came first. As an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joyce was voracious in her study of the scriptures; any perusing of the highlighting, underlining, margin notes and worn tabs in her scriptures would testify to this. General Conference weekends would find every TV and radio in the house on full blast. She attended faithfully as well as serving wherever she was called. She loved attending the temple and working on family histories. Together, Bruce and Joyce served three full-time missions for the Church: In Honolulu Hawaii as public affairs missionaries, at the Mesa Arizona Temple Visitors' Center, the St. George Utah Temple Visitors' Center and historic sites. Her laugh was contagious; she loved a good joke and laughed so hard she couldn't deliver the punchline. She loved to cook and was famous for sharing Sunday dinners with nieces, nephews and grandchildren who were attending school away from home. She was an very committed journal keeper. Her children only hope they can actually live long enough to read the copious volumes she produced over the decades. Joyce also was a diligent scrapbooker, collecting pictures of memories of travel, people, momentos, places and events. She was steadfast in her knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that life is eternal, and that families are indeed forever. Dear, beautiful Joyce Anderson Peacock left mortality Sunday afternoon, October 27, 2019, surrounded by her loving family in Lindon, Utah. She was nearly 85.
Joyce's Message: "Life is short. One day you'll look at your watch and think of how lucky you are to have had a family who loves each other." – Joyce A. Peacock, July 2017
Family Message: "We love you, Mom! Joyce's family wishes to publicly thank the wonderful staff and people at the Spring Gardens Senior Living community in Lindon. Their personal efforts were so appreciated during the last years of Joyce's life when her memories and abilities started to fade. Thank you!!!"
Survived By: Her devoted husband of 63+ years, Bruce; her children: Jeff (Lisa), Brad (Haley), Susan (Jeff) Madsen and Michelle (David) McGill. As special as her children and their spouses are, she loves her 16 grandchildren even more. A walk through any room of any house Joyce lived in was filled with photographs of Jocelyn, Justin (Tori), Jordan, Coleman, Tyler (Meghan), Jackson (Hannah), Kylie (Joe), Spencer (Marina), Zachary, Will (Taylor), Jason, Rachel, Savannah, Hannah, Alexa and Quade. She also loves her great-grandchildren: Brady, Madison, Chloe and a new great-grandson, soon to arrive. She is also survived by her siblings: Verla (David) Sorensen and Lee (Judy) Anderson.
Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: Edgemont 6th Ward | Provo, Utah
Interment: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery
Obituary: © 2019 | Nelson Family Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1934 - 2019
Early Life: Joyce was born November 20, 1934, in Manti, Utah, the second daughter of Leslie James and Iris Denison Anderson. Her youngest years were spent in the mountains, fields, farms and valleys of Sanpete County. Her family followed their dad as he moved around the west coast of the United States before and during the opening months of World War II as he served in the Utah National Guard, and later, the United States Army Air Force. In later years, she told her children about the enforced nighttime blackouts where she lived along the coastline near San Luis Obispo in the days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. When her father left California for Italy to serve as the executive officer of a bombing group, the family returned to Manti to await his return. During these years, Joyce developed a deep love for music. She learned to sing, play the ukulele and often performed three-part harmony with her brother and sister in various church, family and civic events. Joyce attended Manti High School and was a drummer in the Templar Marching Band. She loved reading, music and her extended family, which populated much of the Manti South Ward. She developed close friendships with all of the locals through her job at Elliott's Drug Store, where she scooped ice cream, wrapped gifts and served customers at the snack bar. During her senior year of high school, during a South Ward minstrel variety show (precursor to the more recent church roadshows), she was assigned a song and dance routine with a particular young man in her ward. Until then, that young man, John "Bruce" Peacock, a couple of years her junior, had just been a face in the crowd, but became a close friend, and soon, the love of her life. Their children find this hard to believe because they rarely saw their parents dance.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Following graduation from Manti High School in 1952, Joyce attended Snow College and moved to Provo, Utah, to attend and graduate from Brigham Young University with a degree in elementary education. Bruce followed her to Provo; they were married in the Manti Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 10, 1956. Joyce taught school, while Bruce finished his accounting degree. They found their way to Southern California where she taught school a few more years. She was mother to four children: Jeff, Brad, Susan and Michelle. Choosing to be a stay-at-home mom, Joyce did have periods where she successfully applied her talents in different vocations: as an owner of several Adventureland Video franchises, residential real estate appraiser for Paul Brown Real Estate, and travel agent for the Travel Station in Provo. Her role as mother always came first. As an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joyce was voracious in her study of the scriptures; any perusing of the highlighting, underlining, margin notes and worn tabs in her scriptures would testify to this. General Conference weekends would find every TV and radio in the house on full blast. She attended faithfully as well as serving wherever she was called. She loved attending the temple and working on family histories. Together, Bruce and Joyce served three full-time missions for the Church: In Honolulu Hawaii as public affairs missionaries, at the Mesa Arizona Temple Visitors' Center, the St. George Utah Temple Visitors' Center and historic sites. Her laugh was contagious; she loved a good joke and laughed so hard she couldn't deliver the punchline. She loved to cook and was famous for sharing Sunday dinners with nieces, nephews and grandchildren who were attending school away from home. She was an very committed journal keeper. Her children only hope they can actually live long enough to read the copious volumes she produced over the decades. Joyce also was a diligent scrapbooker, collecting pictures of memories of travel, people, momentos, places and events. She was steadfast in her knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that life is eternal, and that families are indeed forever. Dear, beautiful Joyce Anderson Peacock left mortality Sunday afternoon, October 27, 2019, surrounded by her loving family in Lindon, Utah. She was nearly 85.
Joyce's Message: "Life is short. One day you'll look at your watch and think of how lucky you are to have had a family who loves each other." – Joyce A. Peacock, July 2017
Family Message: "We love you, Mom! Joyce's family wishes to publicly thank the wonderful staff and people at the Spring Gardens Senior Living community in Lindon. Their personal efforts were so appreciated during the last years of Joyce's life when her memories and abilities started to fade. Thank you!!!"
Survived By: Her devoted husband of 63+ years, Bruce; her children: Jeff (Lisa), Brad (Haley), Susan (Jeff) Madsen and Michelle (David) McGill. As special as her children and their spouses are, she loves her 16 grandchildren even more. A walk through any room of any house Joyce lived in was filled with photographs of Jocelyn, Justin (Tori), Jordan, Coleman, Tyler (Meghan), Jackson (Hannah), Kylie (Joe), Spencer (Marina), Zachary, Will (Taylor), Jason, Rachel, Savannah, Hannah, Alexa and Quade. She also loves her great-grandchildren: Brady, Madison, Chloe and a new great-grandson, soon to arrive. She is also survived by her siblings: Verla (David) Sorensen and Lee (Judy) Anderson.
Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: Edgemont 6th Ward | Provo, Utah
Interment: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery
Obituary: © 2019 | Nelson Family Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Joyce Anderson Peacock
1934 - 2019
Early Life: Joyce was born November 20, 1934, in Manti, Utah, the second daughter of Leslie James and Iris Denison Anderson. Her youngest years were spent in the mountains, fields, farms and valleys of Sanpete County. Her family followed their dad as he moved around the west coast of the United States before and during the opening months of World War II as he served in the Utah National Guard, and later, the United States Army Air Force. In later years, she told her children about the enforced nighttime blackouts where she lived along the coastline near San Luis Obispo in the days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. When her father left California for Italy to serve as the executive officer of a bombing group, the family returned to Manti to await his return. During these years, Joyce developed a deep love for music. She learned to sing, play the ukulele and often performed three-part harmony with her brother and sister in various church, family and civic events. Joyce attended Manti High School and was a drummer in the Templar Marching Band. She loved reading, music and her extended family, which populated much of the Manti South Ward. She developed close friendships with all of the locals through her job at Elliott's Drug Store, where she scooped ice cream, wrapped gifts and served customers at the snack bar. During her senior year of high school, during a South Ward minstrel variety show (precursor to the more recent church roadshows), she was assigned a song and dance routine with a particular young man in her ward. Until then, that young man, John "Bruce" Peacock, a couple of years her junior, had just been a face in the crowd, but became a close friend, and soon, the love of her life. Their children find this hard to believe because they rarely saw their parents dance.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Following graduation from Manti High School in 1952, Joyce attended Snow College and moved to Provo, Utah, to attend and graduate from Brigham Young University with a degree in elementary education. Bruce followed her to Provo; they were married in the Manti Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 10, 1956. Joyce taught school, while Bruce finished his accounting degree. They found their way to Southern California where she taught school a few more years. She was mother to four children: Jeff, Brad, Susan and Michelle. Choosing to be a stay-at-home mom, Joyce did have periods where she successfully applied her talents in different vocations: as an owner of several Adventureland Video franchises, residential real estate appraiser for Paul Brown Real Estate, and travel agent for the Travel Station in Provo. Her role as mother always came first. As an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joyce was voracious in her study of the scriptures; any perusing of the highlighting, underlining, margin notes and worn tabs in her scriptures would testify to this. General Conference weekends would find every TV and radio in the house on full blast. She attended faithfully as well as serving wherever she was called. She loved attending the temple and working on family histories. Together, Bruce and Joyce served three full-time missions for the Church: In Honolulu Hawaii as public affairs missionaries, at the Mesa Arizona Temple Visitors' Center, the St. George Utah Temple Visitors' Center and historic sites. Her laugh was contagious; she loved a good joke and laughed so hard she couldn't deliver the punchline. She loved to cook and was famous for sharing Sunday dinners with nieces, nephews and grandchildren who were attending school away from home. She was an very committed journal keeper. Her children only hope they can actually live long enough to read the copious volumes she produced over the decades. Joyce also was a diligent scrapbooker, collecting pictures of memories of travel, people, momentos, places and events. She was steadfast in her knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that life is eternal, and that families are indeed forever. Dear, beautiful Joyce Anderson Peacock left mortality Sunday afternoon, October 27, 2019, surrounded by her loving family in Lindon, Utah. She was nearly 85.
Joyce's Message: "Life is short. One day you'll look at your watch and think of how lucky you are to have had a family who loves each other." – Joyce A. Peacock, July 2017
Family Message: "We love you, Mom! Joyce's family wishes to publicly thank the wonderful staff and people at the Spring Gardens Senior Living community in Lindon. Their personal efforts were so appreciated during the last years of Joyce's life when her memories and abilities started to fade. Thank you!!!"
Survived By: Her devoted husband of 63+ years, Bruce; her children: Jeff (Lisa), Brad (Haley), Susan (Jeff) Madsen and Michelle (David) McGill. As special as her children and their spouses are, she loves her 16 grandchildren even more. A walk through any room of any house Joyce lived in was filled with photographs of Jocelyn, Justin (Tori), Jordan, Coleman, Tyler (Meghan), Jackson (Hannah), Kylie (Joe), Spencer (Marina), Zachary, Will (Taylor), Jason, Rachel, Savannah, Hannah, Alexa and Quade. She also loves her great-grandchildren: Brady, Madison, Chloe and a new great-grandson, soon to arrive. She is also survived by her siblings: Verla (David) Sorensen and Lee (Judy) Anderson.
Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: Edgemont 6th Ward | Provo, Utah
Interment: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery
Obituary: © 2019 | Nelson Family Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1934 - 2019
Early Life: Joyce was born November 20, 1934, in Manti, Utah, the second daughter of Leslie James and Iris Denison Anderson. Her youngest years were spent in the mountains, fields, farms and valleys of Sanpete County. Her family followed their dad as he moved around the west coast of the United States before and during the opening months of World War II as he served in the Utah National Guard, and later, the United States Army Air Force. In later years, she told her children about the enforced nighttime blackouts where she lived along the coastline near San Luis Obispo in the days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. When her father left California for Italy to serve as the executive officer of a bombing group, the family returned to Manti to await his return. During these years, Joyce developed a deep love for music. She learned to sing, play the ukulele and often performed three-part harmony with her brother and sister in various church, family and civic events. Joyce attended Manti High School and was a drummer in the Templar Marching Band. She loved reading, music and her extended family, which populated much of the Manti South Ward. She developed close friendships with all of the locals through her job at Elliott's Drug Store, where she scooped ice cream, wrapped gifts and served customers at the snack bar. During her senior year of high school, during a South Ward minstrel variety show (precursor to the more recent church roadshows), she was assigned a song and dance routine with a particular young man in her ward. Until then, that young man, John "Bruce" Peacock, a couple of years her junior, had just been a face in the crowd, but became a close friend, and soon, the love of her life. Their children find this hard to believe because they rarely saw their parents dance.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Following graduation from Manti High School in 1952, Joyce attended Snow College and moved to Provo, Utah, to attend and graduate from Brigham Young University with a degree in elementary education. Bruce followed her to Provo; they were married in the Manti Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 10, 1956. Joyce taught school, while Bruce finished his accounting degree. They found their way to Southern California where she taught school a few more years. She was mother to four children: Jeff, Brad, Susan and Michelle. Choosing to be a stay-at-home mom, Joyce did have periods where she successfully applied her talents in different vocations: as an owner of several Adventureland Video franchises, residential real estate appraiser for Paul Brown Real Estate, and travel agent for the Travel Station in Provo. Her role as mother always came first. As an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joyce was voracious in her study of the scriptures; any perusing of the highlighting, underlining, margin notes and worn tabs in her scriptures would testify to this. General Conference weekends would find every TV and radio in the house on full blast. She attended faithfully as well as serving wherever she was called. She loved attending the temple and working on family histories. Together, Bruce and Joyce served three full-time missions for the Church: In Honolulu Hawaii as public affairs missionaries, at the Mesa Arizona Temple Visitors' Center, the St. George Utah Temple Visitors' Center and historic sites. Her laugh was contagious; she loved a good joke and laughed so hard she couldn't deliver the punchline. She loved to cook and was famous for sharing Sunday dinners with nieces, nephews and grandchildren who were attending school away from home. She was an very committed journal keeper. Her children only hope they can actually live long enough to read the copious volumes she produced over the decades. Joyce also was a diligent scrapbooker, collecting pictures of memories of travel, people, momentos, places and events. She was steadfast in her knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that life is eternal, and that families are indeed forever. Dear, beautiful Joyce Anderson Peacock left mortality Sunday afternoon, October 27, 2019, surrounded by her loving family in Lindon, Utah. She was nearly 85.
Joyce's Message: "Life is short. One day you'll look at your watch and think of how lucky you are to have had a family who loves each other." – Joyce A. Peacock, July 2017
Family Message: "We love you, Mom! Joyce's family wishes to publicly thank the wonderful staff and people at the Spring Gardens Senior Living community in Lindon. Their personal efforts were so appreciated during the last years of Joyce's life when her memories and abilities started to fade. Thank you!!!"
Survived By: Her devoted husband of 63+ years, Bruce; her children: Jeff (Lisa), Brad (Haley), Susan (Jeff) Madsen and Michelle (David) McGill. As special as her children and their spouses are, she loves her 16 grandchildren even more. A walk through any room of any house Joyce lived in was filled with photographs of Jocelyn, Justin (Tori), Jordan, Coleman, Tyler (Meghan), Jackson (Hannah), Kylie (Joe), Spencer (Marina), Zachary, Will (Taylor), Jason, Rachel, Savannah, Hannah, Alexa and Quade. She also loves her great-grandchildren: Brady, Madison, Chloe and a new great-grandson, soon to arrive. She is also survived by her siblings: Verla (David) Sorensen and Lee (Judy) Anderson.
Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: Edgemont 6th Ward | Provo, Utah
Interment: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery
Obituary: © 2019 | Nelson Family Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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