LEWISTON — Joyce E. Elliott, 62, of South Carthage, died late Sunday morning, Feb. 4, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

She was born in Rumford on April 20, 1955, (a date that she shared with her fist-born grandchild, Addison), a daughter of Clarence and Ora (Theriault) Eastman, and was a 1974 graduate of Rumford High School.

She continued her education at the University of Southern Maine and received her master’s in education from UMF in 2011.

She worked as a teacher for 30-plus years, first at Meroby Elementary School and later in the Dixfield schools.

Joyce enjoyed working in her flower gardens and being in the barn that her husband, Zeke, built for her, with her horses. Joyce was an excellent cook, loved to knit and quilt, and had made quilts for all of her grandchildren.

She also scrapbooked, and had a room built just for that.

She leaves a lasting legacy of “making everyone feel special.”

She is survived by her husband, Maynard “Zeke” Elliott, whom she married April 8, 1978 in Rumford; a son, Dustin, and his wife, Kala, of South Carthage; daughter, Kylie Lufkin, and her husband, Merle Jr., of Peru; grandchildren, Addison and Grant Lufkin, and Maddison, Kadun and Grayson Elliott; a brother, David Eastman, of Rumford; sister, Janet Eastman, of Limington; her best friend, Sharon Eastman, of Buxton; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her brother, Roger Eastman.

Condolences and tributes may be shared on her memorial wall at www.wilesrc.com.

Joyce E. Elliott