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"Our Dear, Sweet Joy
Journal entry by Lesley Dougherty
Joy passed away peacefully on Friday morning, January 19th (2018),
surrounded by the love of dear friends and family. Though she was not
always strong enough to answer your cards, texts, and calls of encouragement
and support, she cherished receiving every one of them. She was so grateful to those
who brought dinners, tended her garden, took care of her beloved cats, and just kept everything going in so many ways.
Joy was unique in that she made each person she met feel special. Her warmth, humor, and inclusiveness brought so many of us together as friends. In that spirit and to honor her example, there will be a happy hour o celebrate her life on Friday, February 9th. Please mark the date and look for upcoming details which will be forthcoming soon."
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Steve Stephenson
Joy Moore MacCarty Obituary Published in The Times Herald on Jan. 22, 2018
Joy Deborah MacCarty , 66, of East Norriton, Pa. passed away on Friday January 19, 2018 in her home surrounded by friends and family. She was born in Conshohocken, Pa. on October 24, 1951 to Joyce A. (Moore) and Robert Reese
Joy graduated from Norristown High School, Shippensburg College, and received her Master's Degree in Reading from Beaver College (Arcadia University). She was a Reading Specialist at Gotwals Elementary School for 36 years, retiring in 2010.
She excelled at art, and loved to travel and entertain her huge network of friends at numerous parties at her home. Joy will be remembered as someone who made every person she met feel special.
Survivors include her brother, Robert (& Val) Reese of Boyertown, Pa., and brother, Scott (& Lisa) Reese of Honesdale, Pa. She is also survived by a niece, Trina and four nephews; Bobby, Jake, Torre, and Tyler.
Her service and interment will be private.
Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to Kitty Kottage, 317 Johnson Highway, Norristown, PA 19401 or The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation, 5526 West 13400 South, # 510, Herriman, UT 84096
Arrangements by Moore, Snear & Ruggiero Funeral Home, 19 East Germantown Pike, East Norriton, PA 19401, (610) 277-1600, msrfh.com.
Published in The Times Herald on Jan. 22, 2018
Patricia Tempest (Bowman)
Dear Sweet Joy,
I am speechless. I don't know if I can ever come to another class reunion if Joy is not there!
She made the party! I am so saddened to hear this news of an old friend filled with life and vigor the last time I saw her at the 45th! I guess I was always the oddball not keeping up with my close group of friends from
Norristown High.....Joy always had a special place in my heart growing up and alot of fun and laughter. Although we only saw each other at the reunions, we always clicked like we had no time in between.
I will miss not seeing her again. May she rest in peace with our Lord and Savior.
Blessings to All,
Patty (Tempest) Bowman
Mark Call
Joy Moore MacCarty, Christine Bennett Testa, Ines Weinert Bieloski, Nancy Martin, Barbara Farina Speece, Janet Kneas Pearson. Taken Dec 19, 2017
Mark Call
Video slideshow from Joy's Memorial 2/9/2018 at Chaps Click Here for Link