Joyce Gail Algoe

Name: Private services for her family
Location: Briceland Funeral Service

May 18, 1934 — March 30, 2024

Hermitage

TOGETHER AGAIN

Joyce Gail Algoe, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, passed from this life during the early morning hours of Saturday, March 30, 2024, while a resident in St. Paul’s Senior Living Center, Greenville, Pennsylvania, following a period of declining health. She was 89.

Joyce was born on May 18, 1934, in Youngstown, Ohio, a daughter to Ralph W. & Vernys (Cowdery) John.

She graduated from Brookfield High School in 1952 and furthered her education at St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio, where she became a registered nurse in 1955.

On September 10, 1955, she married her high school sweetheart, Walter L. Algoe, in the Masury United Methodist Church. Her attendant was a lifelong friend, Carolyn Werner Lewis. Walter & Joyce held hands for the next 62 years until his passing on June 22, 2017.

She dedicated 35 years to the care of others while working as a nurse, first for Sharon Regional Hospital and later retiring from Northside Unit of Youngstown Hospital Association. In addition, she worked together with her husband in Algoe Studio of Photography as a retouch artist and receptionist. And for 69 years, they were always together. The business retired in 2012.

Joyce was a charter member of the Hickory United Methodist Church; and belonged to the Ohio State Nurses Association; as well as the General Duty Nurses Association.

In her spare time, she enjoyed going to the family summer home in Canada.

Survivors include: her sons, Terence John Algoe & his wife Sandra, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, and Thomas Blake Algoe, of Adamsville, Pennsylvania; grandson, Shawn Allen Algoe & his wife Rachel, of Mercer, Pennsylvania; great-grandchildren, Owen Allen Algoe and Avery Elizabeth Algoe; brother, Adrian Marvin John & his wife Sandra, of Andover, Ohio; and best friend, Carolyn Werner Lewis.

In accordance with her wishes, private services will be held for her family.

Expressions of sympathy may be left for her family at www.bricelandfuneralservice.com

Coordination of this tribute for Mrs. Algoe was presented by Daniel Briceland, Owner & Director of Briceland Funeral Service, LLC, Brookfield, Ohio 44403. (330-509-3135)

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