Joyce Elaine Brown

BROWN, Joyce Elaine, 89, Monson, May 8, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 27, at the Monson Community Church. Arrangements are in the care of the Lary Funeral Home.

MONSON – Joyce Elaine Brown, 89, wife for 60 years to the late Robert B. Brown, passed away on May 8, 2016, at Pleasant Meadow Estates in Dover-Foxcroft. She was born on February 18, 1927, in Greenville, daughter of Bernice Parke and George W. McEachern. 

Joyce was a graduate of Greenville High School and the Maine School of Commerce, where she played basketball for Dr. Clara Swan. She was a member of the Maine Order of Eastern Star, the Monson Women’s Club and served on the Board of Trustees at Foxcroft Academy. She enjoyed knitting and many outdoor activities, including camping, fishing, hunting and snowmobiling. She spent summers at her camps on Lake Hebron in Monson and Roach Pond in Kokadjo. She was an avid high school sports fan following her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren at Monson Academy and Foxcroft Academy.

She will be sadly missed by a son, Robert, and his wife, Sandy, of Dover-Foxcroft; three daughters, Glenda and Jake Smith of Dover-Foxcroft, Jolane and Rick Clawson of Monson, Bobbi Jean and Peter Ryder of Monson. She is survived by loving grandchildren, Dirk Smith, Dean Smith, Jared Clawson, Davan and JD Walker, Megan Ryder and James French, Nicole and Jeffrey Killam, Bryanne Clawson, Danika and Kevin Edwards, and Kyra Brown; great grandchildren, Hunter and Hyatt Smith, Kyle and Kendall Killam, Lilah and Lydia French, Jack, Graeme and Finn Walker, Kieran and Kirstin Clawson, and Kylie Edwards; and a brother, Clint McEachern of Holliston, MA.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the Lary Funeral Home, Dover-Foxcroft. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 27, 2016, at the Monson Community Church in Monson, with Rev. Ray Beless officiating, followed by burial in the family lot in Lake Road Cemetery, Monson. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Monson Academy Trustees Scholarship Fund, c/o John Pullen, 560 N. Guilford Rd., Monson, ME 04464, or the Maine Special Olympics, 125 John Roberts Road #5, South Portland, ME 04106. A special thanks to the staff at Pleasant Meadows Estates and to Dr. Elisa Thompson for their compassionate care. Condolences and memories may be expressed www.laryfuneralhome.com.