- Date Of Birth: October 24, 1946
- Date Of Death: August 23, 2016
- State: Connecticut
Joyanne Carol (Walmsley) Hammond, 69, of Durham, beloved wife of Jeffrey Hammond for forty years, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at her home. Joyanne was born in Middletown on October 24, 1946, the daughter of the late John and Virginia (Maloney) Walmsley. She was an only child but grew up with a close relationship to her uncle of similar age, Jerry Maloney. Joyanne was educated first at MacMurray College in Illinois and then at University of Connecticut, graduating in 1968. She earned her master’s degree in education and nearly completed a PhD program, was it not for the birth of her twin sons in 1979. She was a constant educator, both as a teacher in the Middletown school system for 36 years and with her children and grandchildren. Countless students have remarked about ‘Ms. Hammond teaching them to read in high school after all those years of school and not knowing how.’ Joyanne was unconditionally devoted to her family, always putting their needs ahead of her own.
