Obituary of Joyce E Pillsbury

Joyce Pillsbury, 88, of Ewing, died peacefully Thursday Oct 5 at the Attleboro Nursing Center in Langhorne PA with family by her side. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert W. Pillsbury. She was born July 23 1929, in Lancaster Ohio and was a resident of Ewing since 1952. Joyce was a graduate of Lancaster High School and continued her education at Otterbein College in Westerville Ohio. She married Robert W. Pillsbury June 16, 1951. Mrs. Pillsbury was the daughter of the late Cecil R. and Margaret Hunter Enoch, and the brother of the late Lowell Enoch of Lancaster OH. Joyce is survived by her daughter Susan Wilson and son-in-law Dave Wilson of Newburg MD; three sons and daughters-in-law, Edward and Carol Pillsbury of Lewes DE, Allen and Ellen Pillsbury of Foxboro MA, and Donald and Jacquelyn Pillsbury of Lawrenceville; two sisters-in-law, Elva Pillsbury of Boston MA and Ruth Morris of Florence NJ; and eight grandchildren. Joyce was a long time member of the Ewing Presbyterian Church where she taught Sunday school and played the piano. She had been a long serving volunteer at the Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve where she often gave tours to school children and made displays for the visitors center. She enjoyed weaving, crochet, embroidery, and knitting with several projects in the works at all times. She was an accomplished painter, specializing in water colors and had studied with Joanne Augustine for eight years. Funeral services for Joyce will be held on Monday at 11 AM at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ with the Rev. Paul L. Rhebergen of the Ewing Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Ewing Church Cemetery. Friends may call on Monday from 10 AM until time of services at the funeral home. Memorial contributions in Joyce’s name may be made to either the Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, PO Box 685, New Hope PA 18938 or to the Ewing Presbyterian Church, 100 Scotch Rd, Ewing, New Jersey 08628.