Laura Joyce (Gillett) Williams

Laura ‘Joyce’ Gillett Williams (85), of New Port Richey Florida died peacefully Thursday evening February 26, 2015 .

Born in Malone, NY, January 23, 1930, she left her Grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Jeanette Gillett, her father Frank Gillett Jr., before she was ten years old, to join her mother—Mildred Spencer Peck Hauck, also of Malone and the maternal family in Utica, NY.

She departed Utica in 1954 and moved to Miami, FL with her four year old daughter and soon married her Husband of fifty-four years, Maurice Estil Williams.

Working at GE, waitressing, 20 years with Sears Roebuck and Company, Joyce moved from Miami to New Port Richey, FL in 1982 where she became an antique dealer.

She loved political debate and evidenced strong political conviction.

Joyce was the primary caregiver for her mother and husband who pre-deceased her.

Following her illness in 2013, Joyce went to live with her daughter in Idlewyld, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

She will be remembered and missed by her daughter Dr. Melodie Kay Moorehead, cousin Howard O’Kusko and his wife Carol of Vernon, NY (their extended family), Tom Morrison, Maxine, Regina, Janet Blackburn, Helen Skinner, Marcelina, Ricoberto, Carmela, Carol Turk, her sister in law Pat Marsh, Don Marsh, their daughter Kimberly Gray and family, brother in law, Bobby Joe and his wife Shirley, their family, Susie and her husband, Cheryl and Steve Brown of Lighthouse Point FL, and senior citizens of Independence Hall where she played Blackjack on Fridays.

The cremated remains of Joyce Williams will be place above that of her mother in Morningside Cemetery, Malone New York.

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