Joyce Elizabeth (Bowen) Malone was born on Dec. 27, 1947, in Deshler in a blizzard. Joyce was the youngest of four children.
She went to school in Hebron and graduated in 1966. Joyce was a cosmetologist for 13 years. She married Terry Dean Malone on May 20, 1972. They had three children. Heather, Casey and LesLee. The family lived in Hastings for eight years until moving to Hebron in 1980.
Joyce ran a daycare for several years. After she closed her daycare she was a cook at the care home in Hebron until she retired because of her health.
Joyce and Terry moved to Wilber, after living in Hebron for 24 years. She moved to Tempe, Ariz., after Terry retired in October of 2021. Joyce died
with her family by her side on April 1, 2022 in Tempe, Ariz.
She is survived by Terry Malone,her husband of 49 years,Tempe, Ariz.; two
daughters, Heather Danenfelser of Kokomo, Ind., and Leslee Turner of
Tempe, Ariz.; and one son, Casey Malone of Douglas, Wyo.; one brother, Darrell Bowen of O’Neill, Neb.;17 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lester and Donelda Bowen; brothers, Vaughn Bowen and Eugene Bowen; and one granddaughter, Madison Erin Carbaugh.
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