Joyce Elaine Dodd

Dodd, Joyce Elaine (nee Hyatt)—90, Berwick, NS and Victoria, BC died on October 29, 2024, at Mount Saint Mary’s Hospital in Victoria.

Joyce was born on July 8, 1934 to Margaret and Harvey Hyatt in Leamington, Ontario.

Joyce graduated from the Victoria Hospital School of Nursing in London, Ontario in 1954 and worked briefly as a psychiatric nurse. A traveller, an environmentalist, a reader, a birdwatcher and, to the very last, a party girl, Joyce and her co-adventurer husband Ed, explored Europe by camper van with their five young children. They all spent glorious summers canoeing, swimming and playing Bridge at Trout Lake. Joyce and Ed toured the great National Parks and Historic sites of North America: from Nova Scotia to the Gulf Coast, to the Pacific Ocean and across the Dempster Highway to the Arctic Ocean.

Joyce is survived by her children David (Christina van Driest), Berwick NS; Ian (Erica Santos) Victoria, BC; Ronald, rural ON; and Susan, Berwick NS; and her sister, Shirley Gentry, Clearwater, Florida; grandchildren Shawna Hickey, Kirsten Dodd, Ryan Dodd, Avery Dodd, Cole Dodd and Laurel (Libby) Dodd; and her sisters-in-law Lynne Friesen and Kathleen (Tup) Wilson; and brother-in-law Jim Dodd. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Edward Dodd (Maj); son, Jim Dodd; brothers Ira Hyatt and Clarence Hyatt; sisters Doris Penfold and Beryl Robinson.

A celebration of life will be held in Berwick, NS, at some time in the future. Interment will take place in the Berwick cemetery at some future time.

Donations in memory may be made to the Halifax Humanities Society (a barrier free inner city education program).

https://halifaxhumanitiessociety.ca/direct-donation-form/