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Joyce Adeline Craven

Birth	:	31 Jan 1923 Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	15 Aug 2012 Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Our Silent City Cemetery, Kellogg, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.7214010, -92.8989030
Description	:	BEGINNINGS. . . Joyce Adeline Craven was the daughter of David Homer Craven and Jane McCreight Nicholl Craven. Her mother's Nicholl and McIlrath relatives farmed near Laurel, Iowa. Her father's family was from Wayne County in upstate New York, originally from the Yorkshire region. Her mother came from Ballymena, above Belfast in Northern Ireland. Joyce's father raised purebred shorthorn cattle, hogs and crops at the Kellogg farm. Joyce and her twin sister Janyce were the last in a family of ten and grew up in the Grinnell area where, as the brochure says, there were "miles of pavement shaded... Read More	BEGINNINGS. . . Joyce Adeline Craven was the daughter of David Homer Craven and Jane McCreight Nicholl Craven. Her mother's Nicholl and McIlrath relatives farmed near Laurel, Iowa. Her father's family was from Wayne County in upstate New York, originally from the Yorkshire region. Her mother came from Ballymena, above Belfast in Northern Ireland. Joyce's father raised purebred shorthorn cattle, hogs and crops at the Kellogg farm. Joyce and her twin sister Janyce were the last in a family of ten and grew up in the Grinnell area where, as the brochure says, there were "miles of pavement shaded by thousands of trees, well-kept lawns, neighbors you will like and steady employment." She grew up among educators, farmers and a lot of good cooks, dividing her time between school and the farm. IN GRINNELL. . . As a young girl, Joyce and her twin sister attended Grinnell schools intermittently due to an epileptic condition. During the family's time in Grinnell, the area grew and prospered with local companies like De Kalb Hybrid Seed Corn, Swift and Company poultry and egg processing and Maytag headquarters in Newton closeby. While in school, Joyce also learned an array of homemaking skills from her sisters. In the late 1920s, Joyce's older sisters expected to continue their studies at Grinnell College, long known for its liberal arts program. Grinnell College was the first 4-year college west of the Mississippi and first in other areas too. The first to admit women, play football, basketball, hold a track meet and to build dorms. Joyce and her sisters were proficient at gardening and needlework tasks, and all were good students. However, with the Great Depression, the family suffered major setbacks, and the sisters and brothers were relegated to less academic futures on the farm. AT HOME IN MALCOM In the post-Depression economy of the 1930s, brother Dwight worked for the U.S. Postal Service and assisted in purchasing the family home and farmland north of Malcom. Like typical farm families, they butchered their own livestock and brought garden-fresh fruits and vegetables to the dinner table. With little entertainment outside the radio, Joyce and her sister embraced the popular tunes of their day and sang an amazingly good duet. After World War II broke out, they collaborated on a victory scrapbook on the order of the Shirley Temple scrapbooks they assembled as children. DURING AND AFTER WWII . . . Joyce worked with her unmarried sisters in the home at Malcom, caring for elderly parents, their gardens and parekeets. They corresponded regularly with their married sisters and shared ration books with their sister and husband in California. Joyce and her sisters loved children, a plus for their niece and multiple nephews. On visits to Malcom, they could be found playing monopoly, checkers or card games and sharing their latest projects. In the decades after the war, Joyce and the others "down home" entertained summer visits from relatives throughout the U.S. Health permitting, they were always interested in relatives' lives and accomplishments. Harking back to a more simple time, Joyce and her sisters continued with their flower and vegetable gardens, Grace with her calves, Clarence with his hogs. For many years, Sundays at the Malcom home were populated with visits from the married sisters' families, the 1950s installment known as "the Santy Claus Crowd." The sisters prepared sandwiches and desserts for the weekly spread, and I don't need to tell you – those were some memorable afternoons. The men smoked, talked farming and read the paper; the women retired to the kitchen, and the small fry ran wild outdoors or eavesdropped on the adults. From those kitchen confabs, you could hear the gales of laughter at the tales each told, and no topic was sacred. AFTER MALCOM . . . After Guinevere, the eldest, died in 1983, the Malcom farmhouse was sold and Joyce and Janyce moved among care facilities in Marshalltown, Montezuma, Newton and finally, Grinnell.

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Where is Joyce Adeline Craven's memorial?
Joyce Adeline Craven's memorial is located at: Our Silent City Cemetery, Kellogg, Jasper County, USA.
When did Joyce Adeline Craven death?
Joyce Adeline Craven death on 15 Aug 2012 in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Joyce Adeline Craven's memorial?
Latitude: 41.7214010
Longitude: -92.8989030

Family Members:

Parent

David Homer “Greeley” Craven

(1869 - 1966)

Jane E. “Jennie” Nicholl Craven

(1877 - 1962)

Siblings

Helen Gwenn Craven

(1906 - 1983)

Grace Edna Craven

(1909 - 1965)

Mary Evelyn Craven Coffee

(1911 - 2003)

Dorothy Beatrice Craven Quinn

(1915 - 2010)

Dwight Hollis Craven

(1916 - 1965)

Clarence Wendell Craven

(1918 - 1981)

Janyce Adeline Craven

(1923 - 2007)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Our Silent City Cemetery
Kellogg, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7214010, -92.8989030

2. Old German Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.7263985, -92.9278030

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Coordinate: 41.7168999, -92.9405975

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6. Rushville Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.7611008, -92.9464035

7. Rock Creek Liberty Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.7383003, -92.8233032

8. Center Friends Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.7294006, -92.9796982

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Coordinate: 41.6739006, -92.9753036

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Coordinate: 41.7056640, -92.7858500

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Newton, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6775600, -92.9996110

12. Newton Memorial Park
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Coordinate: 41.7005000, -93.0201000

13. Pleasant Chapel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.7493790, -93.0192180

14. Adamson Grove Pioneer Cemetery
Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6586000, -92.9933000

15. West Westfield Pioneer Cemetery
Oakland Acres, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7056480, -92.7702070

16. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Newburg, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7912000, -92.8054000

17. Hickory Grove Cemetery
Newburg, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8081000, -92.8335000

18. Newton Graveyard (Defunct)
Newton, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7011330, -93.0380290

19. Bethel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6524730, -92.7905610

20. German Society Methodist Cemetery
Newton, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8124901, -92.9751961

21. Mount Zion Cemetery
Newton, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6272011, -92.9756012

22. Thomas Arthur Gravesite
Newton, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7069770, -93.0502100

23. Westfield Cemetery
Grinnell, Poweshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6935997, -92.7493973

24. Wittemberg Cemetery
Newton, Jasper County, USA
Coordinate: 41.7627983, -93.0428009