Joyce Powell Donohoe

Joyce (Powell) Donohoe Obituary Joyce Powell Donohoe November 9, 2015 

Joyce Powell Donohoe, 66, of Camillus and Ft. Myers, FL, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015, after a 20 year illness. Born December 18, 1948, in Cambridge, MA, she was the daughter of Harry Powell and the late Edna Cousineau Powell. Joyce was a graduate of Fayetteville Manlius High School and Maria Regina College. In 1996 in Camillus, she married Peter J. Donohoe, Jr. Locally, she was a member of DeWitt Community Church, Syracuse Stage Guild, Four Seasons Garden Club, Bellevue Country Club, was a council member of the Everson Museum and was also a sustaining member of the Junior League of Syracuse. In Ft. Meyers, FL, she was a member of the Fiddlesticks Country Club. Joyce valued and loved her family above all else and treasured her enormous circle of friends. She worked tirelessly to be of benefit in every relationship she made. Her cheerful personality, courage and perseverance throughout her ordeal were admired by all. She is survived by her husband, Peter of Camillus and Ft. Myers, FL; her father, Harry Powell (Joanne Blitch) of Charleston, SC; her daughter, Jacqueline Calcagnino of Silverthorne, CO; her son, Stephen Calcagnino of Naples, FL; her sister, Gayle Gibson (Gary) of Newtown, PA; her brother, Roy Powell (Wendy) of Steamboat Springs, CO; and four nephews, Jason Powell, Parker Gibson and Christopher and Scott Feltrinelli. Funeral services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at DeWitt Community Church, 3600 Erie Blvd East, DeWitt. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, DeWitt. Calling hours are Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at Fairchild & Meech DeWitt Chapel, 3690 Erie Blvd East, DeWitt. To express sympathy, please visit www.fairchildmeech.com -

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Joyce's sister Gayle, is married to my brother, Gary. She has had a long battle with cervical cancer and until just these last few months, has never once complained or even acknowledged her illness. She was a wonderful, positive, fun force to be reckoned with - and will always be remembered with that beautiful, welcoming smile of hers.    Lynne Gibson Lovett

From Joyce's husband Peter Donohoe: 

I am at a loss for words to adequately describe my sadness in announcing Joyce’s passing this morning, peacefully, at home with her daughter Jacque and me, after an epic struggle with cancer, and with a fierce determination to live every minute to its fullest, until her energy was totally spent.

I know that I can speak for the rest of her family in thanking all of you who have been close enough to support Joyce and us during the very difficult past sixteen months of her twenty year ordeal. The constant stream of visitors to our home the past three weeks is in itself a fine tribute to this wonderful woman, my wife, my love, my Joyce.     

          

I hope all that can, will join us in a service for Joyce In Florida or in New York. Here are the details:

Friday, November 13^th in Fort Myers at 11 AM at Harvey Engelhardt Funeral Home at 1600 ColonialBlvd (west from  Exit 136 on I-75 between Rt 41 and Summerlin) followed by a lunch at Fiddlesticks Country Club.( exit 131 from I-75 or from the funeral home south on RT 41 and east on Daniels Pkwy to Fiddlesticks Blvd)

Sunday, November 15^th, in Dewitt calling hours from 2-5 pm at Fairchild Meech Funeral Home, 3690 Erie Blvd East, Syracuse, NYMonday, 

November 16^th  funeral service at Dewitt Community Church, 3600 Erie Blvd East at 11 am followed by lunch at Bellevue Country Club 1900 Glenwood Ave. Syracuse.

Both the funeral home and church are across the street from Shoppingtown Mall.

Peter Donohoe

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We lost our classmate Joyce today. A relative on Facebook said she finally lost her 20 year battle with cancer. 11/09/15