Joyce E. Fuller, age 86, passed away Monday, January 28, 2013, at Rolling Meadows Health Care Center, LaFontaine, Indiana.
Joyce was born on April 20, 1926, in Bluffton, Indiana, the daughter of the late Amos Herbert Courtney and Irma Geane (Rockwell) Courtney. On December 14, 1945, she married James R. "Bob" Fuller, Sr., and he preceded her in death on April 19, 2005.
Joyce was a homemaker and did a wonderful job raising all 11 of her children, and sacrificed alot. Children always came first with her and her children were always well-fed, and had a neat and clean appearance. Joyce also enjoyed working at the polls on election day.
Survivors include: three sons, Kent Lee Fuller of Marion, Indiana, Kevin Fuller (Angie) of Martinsville, Indiana, and Tony R. Fuller (Debbie) of Warsaw, Indiana; six daughters, Melody Druck (Dennis) of Gresham, Oregon, Karen Sue Love of Fairmount, Indiana, Jo Jean Hubbard of Marion, Indiana, Joni Brown of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, Madelyn Osborn (Mark) of Charleston, S. Carolina, and Bobbi Lynn Hiatt of Warsaw, Indiana; and 70 grandchildren & great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by two sons, Darrell Dean Fuller and James R. Fuller, Jr., brother, Roger Eugene Courtney, and sister, Madelyn Irene Courtney Johnson.
Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Raven-Choate Funeral Home, with Pastor Jason Camery officiating.
Burial will be in Gardens of Memory, Huntington County, Indiana.
Friends may call from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 1, 2013, at Raven-Choate Funeral Home, 1202 Kem Road, Marion, Indiana.
Online condolences may be made at www.ravenchoate.com.