Obituary of Joyce Thomas

Joyce Thomas, age 90 of Sweet Valley, passed Saturday, February 5, 2022 at the Hospice Of The Sacred Heart Dunmore. She was born in Hunlock Creek on March 8, 1931 and was the daughter of the late Andrew and Irene Adams. Joyce graduated from Lake-Lehman High School. She was employed by Sweet Valley Dress Factory and later retired from the cafeteria at Ross Elementary. Joyce loved traveling to Florida with her husband Richard during the winter months. She was an active member of the Living Word Baptist Church, Sweet Valley. Joyce was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by brother, Bob Adams, Sr. She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Richard Thomas; sons, Jeffrey Thomas of Sweet Valley and Doug Thomas and his wife Shannon of Huntington Mills; 1 sister, 9 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 11:00 am from Living Word Baptist Church, 40 Hess Lane., Sweet Valley, PA 18656 with Rev. Raymond D. Purdy Jr., officiating Visitation will be from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the church on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Hunlock Creek Arrangements are by the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corner of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek. Memorial donations can be made to the Living Word Baptist Church, 40 Hess Lane, Sweet Valley, PA 18656. Online condolences can be made at clswansonfuneralhome.com