Joyce Duncan: A memorial — Share your stories
My computer is behaving for the time being, and I was able to post the audio from the service last Thursday.
[audio:Audio_Mom_Service_96kbps.MP3]You can also download the file by right-clicking here: Audio_Mom_Service_96kbps, and select ‘Save link as…’, or ‘Save target as…’
Thanks to Jay and JC at Golden Productions for the audio gear and the recording.
Joyce Duncan is a remarkable woman.
She was born in Winnipeg, but first played on the shores of Grassy Narrows, 50 miles north of Kenora, at a Hudson's Bay outpost. In 1950, civilization called, and the Hughes family moved to Kenora, Ontario.
She enrolled in mathematics at University of Waterloo, and then teacher's college at Queen's. Her first posting was to Alderwood CI in Etobicoke.
She finally gave in to some boy who seemed to follow her around (from Kenora, to Waterloo, to Toronto), and was married to Cam Duncan on March 18, 1972.
She taught full-time for 30 years, raised 2 kids, ran the household and still had time to casually ask if you thought you were making good use of your time.
She died on October 2, 2009.
We miss her already.