1937 – 2016

LEWISTON — Joyce Lake Moore, 79, passed away Thursday, Nov. 24, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

She was born at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington on Nov. 19, 1937, the daughter of Irving and Nellie (Preston) Lake of Wilton. Joyce attended Wilton Primary, the Central School and graduated from Wilton Academy with the Class of 1956, where she played all sports as an honor student and majorette.

In the summer of 1956, she worked in the office at Norwock Shoe and then became secretary to the superintendent of schools of Union 33. In 1966, she married Charles Moore of Livermore Falls and they made their home on Moose Hill. Charles passed away in 1996 at Maine Medical Center and Joyce continued to stay at their home on Moose Hill. In 2015, she stayed with her niece and nephew, Shellie and Scott Allen in Wilton for a few months following back surgery.

She leaves her loving family of nieces and nephews.


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