Joyce Stutler Obituary

Saint Albans – Joyce Mary Stutler, a lifelong resident of the area, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at the St. Albans Health & Rehab Center with her family by her side. She was 88 years old.
Born in St. Albans on June 11, 1936, Joyce was the daughter of the late Fred Goodwin, Mother Doris (Poland) Goodwin, Stepfather Ronald Coons. She was a graduate of Bellows Free Academy in 1952. Working at M. H. Fishman Co. Inc. and JC Penney Company in St. Albans until she moved to Macedonia, Ohio and went on to earn her Associate Degrees at Cuyahoga Community College of Macedonia, Ohio. Joyce earned her Bachelor's Degrees at Johnson State College through the external degree program in the 90s and her Master's Degree in Business Management and Accounting from Saint Michael's College in early the 2000s. Joyce began her accounting career in Bedford, Ohio at various car dealerships. Upon returning to Vermont, she continued her career as a teacher for Community College of Vermont in St. Albans as the cost accounting and accounting principles teacher and the primary accountant for Moore Lincoln Mercury Dealership, where she worked for 32 years before retiring. During that time, she worked in the electronics department at Ames Department Store in 1988 and at JC Penney in the lingerie department from 1989 to 2012 while continuing her higher education.
A devoted Catholic, Joyce was a lifelong and active communicant of Holy Angels Parish. She served as a Eucharistic Minister, Lector, Coordinator of Religious Education from 1980 to 1988, and was a lifetime member and past President of the Ladies of St. Anne.
Joyce found joy in simple pleasures. She especially enjoyed anything to do with her granddaughters and her trips to McDonald's for hot coffee, chicken nuggets, hot fudge sundaes, while studying her books.
Survivors
Joyce is survived by her daughter, Cynthia M. Stutler, and her grandchildren, Shannon Elaine Sloan and Hailee Alexandria Sloan; her sister, Susan Baker, and husband, Malcolm; her brother, Kenneth Coons; and her step-sister, Sally Osman. She also leaves behind many nieces and nephews, including Keith Baker, and wife, Amber; Sandra (Baker) Foisy, and husband, Marc; Cathy (Coons) Potvin, and husband, Bob; Donald Decker, and wife, Laura; Kenneth P. Coons; Steven Coons, and wife, Arnida; Ronald Coons, Richard Osman, and wife, Kimberly; Bruce Osman, and wife, Rainee; Melissa J Rhodes Arcand, and partner John Kipp; Maggie Johnson and Ileah Arcand as well as many great-nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by her Father Fred Goodwin; Mother Doris (Poland) (Goodwin) Coons; Stepfather Ronald W. Coons; her ex-husband James A. Stutler; brother, Larry Coons; brother-in-law Richard Osman; and her nephew, Drew Osman.
Calling Hours & Funeral Service
Family and friends are invited to attend calling hours on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM at the Heald Funeral Home, 87 South Main Street, St. Albans.
A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 12:00 Noon at the Immaculate Conception Parish, Holy Angels Church, 245 Lake Street, with Reverend Father Christopher Micale and Reverend Father Maurice Roy co-celebrating. Prayers of committal and interment will take place at Mount Calvary Cemetery in the spring.
Memorial Contributions
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 225 North Michigan Avenue – Floor 17, Chicago, Illinois 60601.
Honored to be serving the family of Joyce Stutler is Rett Heald of the Heald Funeral Home. Messages of condolence may be shared at www.healdfuneralhome.com.
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