Joyce went there on July 24 after being in the ICU at Hilton Head Hospital for 11 days. We anticipated she would have a recovery at Landmark but she was unable to breathe without a breathing machine and her condition deteriorated after that.
Joyce was an active woman all her life, a fine business woman, a golfer for almost 40 years, she had six holes-in-one, a tremendous feat. She had left instructions that she did not want aggressive medical actions to prolong her life. She could not have lived as she desired with a breathing tube in her throat and a feeding tube in her stomach.
Joyce's son David Perkins and his wife Carol with here for the week preceding Joyce's passing. Her second son, William, had been here several days earlier. My five children and spouses were on hand this week as well.
Joyce and I were married on St. Patricks Day in 2013. We loved and enjoyed each other in the time we had together. She was a wonderful companion, a friend to all, loved her family and me.
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A couple of minutes before Joyce died, I led the family in saying prayers I learned as a child: The Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be. When we finished, Joyce breathed her last.
I believe Joyce would like us to remember her as in Tennyson's Crossing the Bar
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea.
