Joyce, Helen Mary

1929 - 2012  (82 years)    Has 24 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Joyce, Helen Mary  [1]
  Born	10 Jun 1929	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Feb 2012	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Cause: Alzheimers - Aged 82 Years
  Obituary	17 Feb 2012
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Helen Mary (Joyce) Ebben, age 82 of Kaukauna, passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at home with her family by her side, following a 12 year battle with Alzheimer's. She was born June 10, 1929 in Green Bay, WI to the late William J. and Gertrude (Golden) Joyce. On August 4, 1951, she was united in marriage to Willard P. (Bill) Ebben. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on August 4, 2011. Helen graduated from St. Joseph Academy, Green Bay, in 1947, Outagamie Rural Normal School in Kaukauna, in 1950, and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 1971, where she earned a degree in Elementary Education. Helen taught for 31 years. She began her career as an educator in 1950 at the State Graded School in Greenleaf, then taught at Apple Creek School in the Town of Kaukauna. She taught Kindergarten at Harrison School in Sherwood, for 14 years and Nicolet School in Kaukauna, for an additional 13 years. She loved teaching young Kindergarteners. Helen was full blooded Irish, a heritage she was proud to proclaim. She and Bill made two trips to Ireland, where they found the ancestral home of her great-grandfather, where he lived prior to leaving for America in 1847. St. Patrick's Day was a time of celebration for Helen. She truly had the gift of Irish eloquence and she enjoyed talking and visiting with people. Helen and Bill took many trips visiting family members and sight-seeing across the U. S. and Canada. They had many happy times at the family cottage which they built on Lake Hilbert in 1968. Helen is survived by her husband, Bill, her children Patti (Bill) DeBruin and Patti's son, Dan, Jim Ebben, Jack Ebben, Maureen (Jeff) Klatt and their children Stevie and Lizzie, and Katie (Park) Drescher and their children John and William, a sister, Kathleen Peters and a brother, Emmett Joyce. She is further survived by sisters-in-law Sarah Joyce, Sr, Janet Ebben, Genevieve Ebben, Dorothy Wavrunek, Mary Ebben, and a brother-in-law, Hank (Rosie) Ebben, and many nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by a son, Joseph Ebben, her parents, sisters Lillian (Jud) Baxter, Irene (Les) Neuman, Ethel (Jim) Faulds, and Patricia Joyce as well as a brother, William Joyce, Jr., and members of Bill's family, Till (Pete) Van Den Bosch, Frances (Erv) Deprez, Vince Ebben, Clara (Wally) Roepcke, Marge (Ray) Heindl, Richard Ebben and Sylvester Wavrunek. Family and friends will be received on Sunday, February 19, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at BOETTCHER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 2401 Fieldcrest Dr., Kaukauna. Family and friends will also be received at ST. KATHARINE DREXEL PARISH at ST. ALOYSIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH, 2401 Main Ave, Kaukauna on Monday, February 20, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. with Fr. Jerry Pastors officiating. Burial in St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, Wrightstown. The family wishes to thank the staff of Thedacare Hospice at Home who cared for Helen in her final days. A quote by Nicholas Chamfort was one of Helen's favorites: "The most lost day of all is the day in which we do not laugh Published in Appleton Post-Crescent from February 17 to February 18, 2012
  Buried	20 Feb 2012	St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, Wrightstown, Wisconsin, USA
  	Ebben, Helen (Maiden Name: Joyce) St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, Wrightstown, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I24780	1FamilyTree | PaulWest45278, MaryLangenhuizenClose78556
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Joyce, William Joseph,   b. 27 Feb 1895, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1976, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Golden, Gertrude Odile,   b. 5 Nov 1890, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 7 Oct 1977, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F11505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ebben, Willard Peter,   b. 12 Aug 1929, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 03 Aug 2020  (Age 90 years)
  Married	4 Aug 1951	St. Paul Catholic Church, Wrightstown, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Ebben, Joseph Patrick,   b. 16 Mar 1953, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 3 Apr 1953, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 0 years) + 2. Ebben, Patricia Joyce   3. Ebben, James Gerard   4. Ebben, John Peter   5. Ebben, Maureen Majella + 6. Ebben, Kathleen Majella
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F8529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 10 Jun 1929 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Married - 4 Aug 1951 - St. Paul Catholic Church, Wrightstown, Wisconsin, USA Died - Cause: Alzheimers - Aged 82 Years - 15 Feb 2012 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - 20 Feb 2012 - St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, Wrightstown, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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