Maya’s Granny is no longer with us.
Sadness…..
Go read some of her stories there if you hadn’t. She was an amazing storyteller, and will be deeply missed….
Tears…
Goodbye, beautiful lady, and fabulous blogger….
Joycelyn Ward
April 23, 1942 – June 15, 2008
We mourn the loss of Lilith Joycelyn Ward. She leaves behind her daughter, Julie Asregadoo, her son, Richard Ward, her brother, Forrest Ward, her sister Loretta Beaver, her mother, Virginia Ward, her Aunt Florence, and her many nieces and nephews, and their children. And of course, she was Maya’s Granny.
Joycelyn was born in Oakland, CA, and moved a great deal in her lifetime. She lived in California for much of her life, most recently in Sacramento and Citrus Heights, but also spent many years in Stockton and Berkeley. She lived in Juneau, Alaska from 1993 until February of this year.
She devoted much of her life to helping children, from her early days as a Montessori teacher, to her days teaching parenting classes and working one-on-one to help parents who were at risk of losing their children. She also worked as a volunteer coordinator, as a research analyst, as a secretary, and at an organization working to prevent teen alcoholism.
She was a voracious reader, loved to write and tell stories, and found great joy and satisfaction in her blog, Maya’s Granny.
Her wisdom and wicked humor will be greatly missed.
Donations can be made in her memory to her favorite charity, Heifer International.
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