Joyce Seamans

2/17/1936 — 8/17/2017

• Service Date: 8/22/2017
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Joyce L. Seamans, beloved daughter, niece, wife, mother and grandmother, of Lewiston, passed away Aug. 17, 2017, surrounded by friends and family.

She was born Feb. 17, 1936, to Edward LaVerne and Lucille Barnett in Hamburg, Ark. After the death of Joyce's mother when Joyce was only 6 weeks old, her father's sister, Eva Barnett, raised her.

She graduated from Crossett High School in 1953 and immediately went to work at an accounting firm. Joyce met her beloved husband, Art, while he was attending a Yale Forestry School course in Arkansas. They were married Dec. 25, 1960, in Hamburg, Ark., and enjoyed a wonderful 53 years of marriage until Art's death in 2014.

In 1960, Joyce and Art moved to Pierce, where he started his Forest Service career. Joyce also worked for the Forest Service in Pierce, where operating the switchboard was just one of her many tasks. Art's work with the Forest Service took them to St. Maries, Moscow and Trapper Creek Job Corps Center near Darby, Mont., in the late 1960s, where the family developed friendships that have lasted a lifetime.

They later moved to Slate Creek in 1971 and then, in 1975, Art transferred to the Moose Creek Ranger District within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. During this time, the family lived in Grangeville during the school year months and in the wilderness during the summer. While living in Grangeville, Joyce worked for Morris and Lee Co. as a bookkeeper.

In 1980, they moved to Lewiston when Art took a job with the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, and Joyce worked as an office manager and bookkeeper for Steve Henderson Logging for nearly 20 years. Joyce was truly the heart of the company and remained close to many of her former co-workers until the time of her passing.

Joyce enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and numerous friends, as well as traveling with Art to Florida, Hawaii, Mexico, New Zealand and Alaska. Joyce and Art spent much of the last several years traveling with a group of high school classmates throughout the United States. She was an avid Seattle Seahawk, Seattle Mariner, Arkansas Razorback, NASCAR and Professional Bull Riding fan.

Joyce always put the needs of others ahead of her own. Her kind demeanor and beaming smile lit up any room she entered. Her name fit her perfectly and she fulfilled its meaning - cheerful, merry and happy - that was Joyce.

Joyce is survived by daughters Cindy Schacher (Peter Bartholf) of Grangeville, and Nancy (Randy) Buttenhoff of Lewiston; grandchildren Michelle (Rob) Teasley of Clarkston, Melissa (Troy) Smith of Grangeville, Brian (Crystal) Schacher of Grangeville and Rebecca and Rayanna Buttenhoff of Lewiston. She is also survived by six great-grandchildren, Mikayla, Claire, Ellie, Lily, Lydia and Kolton.

Memorial donations can be made to the Willow Center for Grieving Children, P.O. Box 1361, Lewiston, ID, www.willow-center.org; or the charity of your choice.

A public viewing will take place at Malcom's Brower-Wann Funeral Home from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, at Cross Point Alliance Church, 1330 Powers Ave., Lewiston. Refreshments will follow the service at the church.

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Tuesday, August 22, 2:00 PM

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CrossPoint Alliance Church
1330 Powers Avenue
Lewiston, ID 83501

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