- Date Of Birth: 1936
- Date Of Death: 2020
- State: Indiana
Eaton, IN
Joyce Ann (Johns) Beerbower, 84, went home February 14, 2020 to spend Valentine’s Day with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and her husband of 64 years, Richard (Dick), who went ahead of her in March 2019. Joyce and Richard started dating in 1951 when Joyce was a freshman and Dick was a senior at Tipton High School.
Joyce was born January 21, 1936 to Charles and Burnice (Cage) Johns at their home in Sharpsville, Indiana. The family later moved to Tipton where Joyce graduated from Tipton High School in 1954. In October of that same year, Joyce married Dick, and they remained committed to each other from that day forward – for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health for the next 64 years. Together they raised their “four redheads” – Lora Wright (Terry), Judy Gutermuth (Steve), Angela Rector, and Marci Jester (Greg) – in Granville, near Eaton, surrounded by wonderful neighbors for over five decades.
After her youngest started school, Joyce decided to also, pursuing a degree in cosmetology. After graduating from Amber’s Beauty School in 1969, Joyce worked as a cosmetologist for over three decades alongside her business partner and close friend, Joan Perkins, at their shops in Eaton.
Along with her four daughters and three son-in-laws, Joyce is survived by her sister Joretta (Johns) Fakes, brothers Bob and Dan Johns, five grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, two great-granddaughters, a great-grandson due in May, five step-great-grandchildren, and a number of special nieces and three very special nephews.
In addition to her husband Richard, Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Charles Kent (Buck) Johns, her mother and father-in-law Ora and Florence (Mallery) Beerbower, her sister and brother-in-law, Bob and Joan (Beerbower) Bath, brother-in-law Dick Fakes, her son-in-law Garth Rector, former son-in-law Tim Sharp, and two beautiful nieces.
