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CORTLAND -- Joyce Ann French, 59, passed away with family by her side Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, at Select Specialty Hospital-Trumbull.
She was born July 29, 1964, in Sharon, Pa., the daughter of Lewis Glenn Davis and Virginia Berry Davis.
She graduated from Joseph Badger High School and spent her final working years at KraftMaid in Middlefield, as a tow motor driver. Joyce was a 4-H adviser for Midnight Riders. In her younger years, Joyce was an EMT and a member of the Hartford volunteer fire department. She was first runner-up in the 1982 Hartford Apple Festival Queen's contest and worked for the festival and community in many positions during the years.
Left to cherish her memories are her husband of 31 years, Eric French, whom she married May 24, 1992; a daughter, Ashley (Jeremy) Cromley of Boiling Springs, South Carolina; a son, Bryan Clute of Niles; two grandchildren, Keegan Cromley of South Carolina and Austin Troyer of Arizona; and her siblings, Julie (Tim) Lindus of Burghill and Jim (Jodie) Davis of Masury. Besides her parents, Joyce was preceded in death by her siblings, Donna Messersmith and Bill Davis; and a grandson, Wesley Cromley.
At her request, cremation will take place.
Private services will take place at a later date.
Condolences and tributes may be sent to the family at www.gallowayonstott.com.
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