- Date Of Birth: April 16, 1942
- Date Of Death: February 26, 2020
- State: Illinois
Joyce Irene Bean, 77, of Galesburg, died at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at Seminary Manor, Galesburg. Joyce was born April 16, 1942, in Foxtown, IL the daughter of Tecumseh Guy and Maggie Marie (Gates) Bean.
Joyce is survived by three sisters, Wanda (Jim) Parrish of New Carlyle, OH, Betty Dawson, and Barb (Bob) LaFollette both of Galesburg; twenty nieces and nephews; and many great-nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her close friends Jim and Susie Cordle and Pat Willis all of Galesburg.
Along with her parents, Joyce was preceded in death by four brothers, Glenn, Clarence, Vernon, and Don Bean; and one sister, Ellen Johnson. Joyce worked 20 years for Intrastate/Centel Telephone Company. She then worked as US Congressman Lane Evans Congressional Assistant for his entire tenure, from 1983 to 2007. She then worked for US Congressman Phil Hare from 2007 until she retired in 2011. Joyce was a strong Democrat, active in the Knox County Democratic Party and the Knox County Democratic Woman from whom she was awarded the Democratic Woman of the Year. She was a strong union member and supporter her entire life. Joyce received The Joseph A. Beirne Community Services Award in 1986. She was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church in Wataga.
