JOYCE LORENE MALIN
November 5, 1943 ˜ December 30, 2021
Born at home in Bradshaw, Nebraska, a heartland village pop. 331, to John and Lorena Otte. As the baby sister to five older brothers, in a family of modest means, she developed the strength and personality which made her exceptional to all who knew her.
Joyce liked setting goals for herself. She graduated from York High School determined to be "the best executive secretary," acquiring the skills that would serve her so well in her various occupations.
In 1974, she married Bob Adams, a consultant and member of the Methodist Clergy. This gave her a real challenge in relationships: Bob had recently divorced, and his resentful five boys considered Joyce their "evil stepmother..." until she won them all over with a lot of love and effort.
Bob's work required their move to California, then to Florida. There Bob suffered terminal cancer. When he died in 1988, Joyce moved to a downsizing home in a development outside Tampa, Florida, built by her future husband from Vancouver, Washington, Dick Malin. As they kept in touch, Dick sold her on the idea of moving to a place with some mountains, knowing Joyce dreamed of mountains. She moved to Kirkland, Washington, in 1989, then to Portland, OR.
Joyce and Dick were wed in 1995, a classic outdoor ceremony high overlooking Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, with the civil marriage following in Ouray, Colorado.
Through her working years, Joyce succeeded in a variety of occupations: insurance company secretary, high tech executive secretary, physician recruiter. Finally in Vancouver, Washington, she found her calling: grant writing for non-profits. The class she taught as a consultant used the manual she wrote, "I Didn't Grow Up to Be a Grant Writer." She secured funding for all sorts of deserving non-profits, from the notables to start-ups, from the Vancouver National Historic Reserve and the Clark County Food Bank to the NW Assn for Blind Athletes and Housecall Providers (Portland). This work, and the several boards she chaired or served on, so established her in Portland, Oregon and Clark County, Washington, that Dick had to get used to being identified primarily as "Joyce Malin's husband."
They enjoyed Joyce's love of travel by cruising, road trips, and train: the Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, Central and South America, North America.
When Alzheimer's Disease incapacitated and shortened her life, Joyce handled it like she did everything else - exceptionally. Her family found for her two outstanding Adult Family Homes above the Columbia River, where she received good and loving care in her final days. Even near the end, atypical for Alzheimer's, her sweet and warm disposition endured.
Joyce had no children, but she had an acquired family that adored her: the families of her five brothers (the oldest brother died while in the service), and families of her five step-sons. Joyce became especially close to family in this area: in Portland, Oregon, Dick's son, Rick Malin, and his wife, Sharon Loomis-Malin; with their daughter, Ashley Malin; and son, Stephan Malin (step-grandchildren of "Gramma Joyce"). Joyce's sister-in-law, Susan Malinowski Sanders, lives in Vancouver, Washington.
Joyce, cremated, was interred in the Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery in Vancouver, Washington, to be joined there by Dick someday.
A memorial service is set for Friday, April 29, at 1 p.m. at Columbia Presbyterian Church, 805 Columbia Ridge Dr., in Vancouver, Washington.
Published in The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington on April 10, 2022.
November 5, 1943 ˜ December 30, 2021
Born at home in Bradshaw, Nebraska, a heartland village pop. 331, to John and Lorena Otte. As the baby sister to five older brothers, in a family of modest means, she developed the strength and personality which made her exceptional to all who knew her.
Joyce liked setting goals for herself. She graduated from York High School determined to be "the best executive secretary," acquiring the skills that would serve her so well in her various occupations.
In 1974, she married Bob Adams, a consultant and member of the Methodist Clergy. This gave her a real challenge in relationships: Bob had recently divorced, and his resentful five boys considered Joyce their "evil stepmother..." until she won them all over with a lot of love and effort.
Bob's work required their move to California, then to Florida. There Bob suffered terminal cancer. When he died in 1988, Joyce moved to a downsizing home in a development outside Tampa, Florida, built by her future husband from Vancouver, Washington, Dick Malin. As they kept in touch, Dick sold her on the idea of moving to a place with some mountains, knowing Joyce dreamed of mountains. She moved to Kirkland, Washington, in 1989, then to Portland, OR.
Joyce and Dick were wed in 1995, a classic outdoor ceremony high overlooking Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, with the civil marriage following in Ouray, Colorado.
Through her working years, Joyce succeeded in a variety of occupations: insurance company secretary, high tech executive secretary, physician recruiter. Finally in Vancouver, Washington, she found her calling: grant writing for non-profits. The class she taught as a consultant used the manual she wrote, "I Didn't Grow Up to Be a Grant Writer." She secured funding for all sorts of deserving non-profits, from the notables to start-ups, from the Vancouver National Historic Reserve and the Clark County Food Bank to the NW Assn for Blind Athletes and Housecall Providers (Portland). This work, and the several boards she chaired or served on, so established her in Portland, Oregon and Clark County, Washington, that Dick had to get used to being identified primarily as "Joyce Malin's husband."
They enjoyed Joyce's love of travel by cruising, road trips, and train: the Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, Central and South America, North America.
When Alzheimer's Disease incapacitated and shortened her life, Joyce handled it like she did everything else - exceptionally. Her family found for her two outstanding Adult Family Homes above the Columbia River, where she received good and loving care in her final days. Even near the end, atypical for Alzheimer's, her sweet and warm disposition endured.
Joyce had no children, but she had an acquired family that adored her: the families of her five brothers (the oldest brother died while in the service), and families of her five step-sons. Joyce became especially close to family in this area: in Portland, Oregon, Dick's son, Rick Malin, and his wife, Sharon Loomis-Malin; with their daughter, Ashley Malin; and son, Stephan Malin (step-grandchildren of "Gramma Joyce"). Joyce's sister-in-law, Susan Malinowski Sanders, lives in Vancouver, Washington.
Joyce, cremated, was interred in the Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery in Vancouver, Washington, to be joined there by Dick someday.
A memorial service is set for Friday, April 29, at 1 p.m. at Columbia Presbyterian Church, 805 Columbia Ridge Dr., in Vancouver, Washington.
Published in The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington on April 10, 2022.
JOYCE LORENE MALIN
November 5, 1943 ˜ December 30, 2021
Born at home in Bradshaw, Nebraska, a heartland village pop. 331, to John and Lorena Otte. As the baby sister to five older brothers, in a family of modest means, she developed the strength and personality which made her exceptional to all who knew her.
Joyce liked setting goals for herself. She graduated from York High School determined to be "the best executive secretary," acquiring the skills that would serve her so well in her various occupations.
In 1974, she married Bob Adams, a consultant and member of the Methodist Clergy. This gave her a real challenge in relationships: Bob had recently divorced, and his resentful five boys considered Joyce their "evil stepmother..." until she won them all over with a lot of love and effort.
Bob's work required their move to California, then to Florida. There Bob suffered terminal cancer. When he died in 1988, Joyce moved to a downsizing home in a development outside Tampa, Florida, built by her future husband from Vancouver, Washington, Dick Malin. As they kept in touch, Dick sold her on the idea of moving to a place with some mountains, knowing Joyce dreamed of mountains. She moved to Kirkland, Washington, in 1989, then to Portland, OR.
Joyce and Dick were wed in 1995, a classic outdoor ceremony high overlooking Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, with the civil marriage following in Ouray, Colorado.
Through her working years, Joyce succeeded in a variety of occupations: insurance company secretary, high tech executive secretary, physician recruiter. Finally in Vancouver, Washington, she found her calling: grant writing for non-profits. The class she taught as a consultant used the manual she wrote, "I Didn't Grow Up to Be a Grant Writer." She secured funding for all sorts of deserving non-profits, from the notables to start-ups, from the Vancouver National Historic Reserve and the Clark County Food Bank to the NW Assn for Blind Athletes and Housecall Providers (Portland). This work, and the several boards she chaired or served on, so established her in Portland, Oregon and Clark County, Washington, that Dick had to get used to being identified primarily as "Joyce Malin's husband."
They enjoyed Joyce's love of travel by cruising, road trips, and train: the Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, Central and South America, North America.
When Alzheimer's Disease incapacitated and shortened her life, Joyce handled it like she did everything else - exceptionally. Her family found for her two outstanding Adult Family Homes above the Columbia River, where she received good and loving care in her final days. Even near the end, atypical for Alzheimer's, her sweet and warm disposition endured.
Joyce had no children, but she had an acquired family that adored her: the families of her five brothers (the oldest brother died while in the service), and families of her five step-sons. Joyce became especially close to family in this area: in Portland, Oregon, Dick's son, Rick Malin, and his wife, Sharon Loomis-Malin; with their daughter, Ashley Malin; and son, Stephan Malin (step-grandchildren of "Gramma Joyce"). Joyce's sister-in-law, Susan Malinowski Sanders, lives in Vancouver, Washington.
Joyce, cremated, was interred in the Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery in Vancouver, Washington, to be joined there by Dick someday.
A memorial service is set for Friday, April 29, at 1 p.m. at Columbia Presbyterian Church, 805 Columbia Ridge Dr., in Vancouver, Washington.
Published in The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington on April 10, 2022.
November 5, 1943 ˜ December 30, 2021
Born at home in Bradshaw, Nebraska, a heartland village pop. 331, to John and Lorena Otte. As the baby sister to five older brothers, in a family of modest means, she developed the strength and personality which made her exceptional to all who knew her.
Joyce liked setting goals for herself. She graduated from York High School determined to be "the best executive secretary," acquiring the skills that would serve her so well in her various occupations.
In 1974, she married Bob Adams, a consultant and member of the Methodist Clergy. This gave her a real challenge in relationships: Bob had recently divorced, and his resentful five boys considered Joyce their "evil stepmother..." until she won them all over with a lot of love and effort.
Bob's work required their move to California, then to Florida. There Bob suffered terminal cancer. When he died in 1988, Joyce moved to a downsizing home in a development outside Tampa, Florida, built by her future husband from Vancouver, Washington, Dick Malin. As they kept in touch, Dick sold her on the idea of moving to a place with some mountains, knowing Joyce dreamed of mountains. She moved to Kirkland, Washington, in 1989, then to Portland, OR.
Joyce and Dick were wed in 1995, a classic outdoor ceremony high overlooking Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, with the civil marriage following in Ouray, Colorado.
Through her working years, Joyce succeeded in a variety of occupations: insurance company secretary, high tech executive secretary, physician recruiter. Finally in Vancouver, Washington, she found her calling: grant writing for non-profits. The class she taught as a consultant used the manual she wrote, "I Didn't Grow Up to Be a Grant Writer." She secured funding for all sorts of deserving non-profits, from the notables to start-ups, from the Vancouver National Historic Reserve and the Clark County Food Bank to the NW Assn for Blind Athletes and Housecall Providers (Portland). This work, and the several boards she chaired or served on, so established her in Portland, Oregon and Clark County, Washington, that Dick had to get used to being identified primarily as "Joyce Malin's husband."
They enjoyed Joyce's love of travel by cruising, road trips, and train: the Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, Central and South America, North America.
When Alzheimer's Disease incapacitated and shortened her life, Joyce handled it like she did everything else - exceptionally. Her family found for her two outstanding Adult Family Homes above the Columbia River, where she received good and loving care in her final days. Even near the end, atypical for Alzheimer's, her sweet and warm disposition endured.
Joyce had no children, but she had an acquired family that adored her: the families of her five brothers (the oldest brother died while in the service), and families of her five step-sons. Joyce became especially close to family in this area: in Portland, Oregon, Dick's son, Rick Malin, and his wife, Sharon Loomis-Malin; with their daughter, Ashley Malin; and son, Stephan Malin (step-grandchildren of "Gramma Joyce"). Joyce's sister-in-law, Susan Malinowski Sanders, lives in Vancouver, Washington.
Joyce, cremated, was interred in the Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery in Vancouver, Washington, to be joined there by Dick someday.
A memorial service is set for Friday, April 29, at 1 p.m. at Columbia Presbyterian Church, 805 Columbia Ridge Dr., in Vancouver, Washington.
Published in The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington on April 10, 2022.
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