Joyce Ann McHenry

December 20, 1938 - January 26, 2021

JOYCE McHENRY Joyce Ann McHenry, age 82, of Laurie, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Lake Regional Hospital, Osage Beach, Missouri. She was born December 20, 1938 in Tuscarawas, Ohio, a daughter of Walter James and Lelia Anna (Sindlinger) Roth. On July 22, 1962 in Tuscarawas, Ohio, she was united in marriage to Ralph Duane “Mack” McHenry. Together they shared forty-six years of marriage before his passing on March 23, 2009. She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother, James Roth. Survivors include her children, Ralph “Duane” McHenry Jr. and wife, Laura of Palmer, Alaska and Elaine Ann McHenry of Elkhorn, Nebraska; five grandchildren, Evan McHenry and wife Abby, Christian McHenry and wife Anna, Henry Kallhoff, Cassie Kallhoff and Arabella Kallhoff; a sister, Jane Needles of Dover, Ohio and other relatives and a host of friends. Joyce was raised in Tuscarawas, Ohio and graduated from high school there. She served her country proudly in the United States Air Force. She was first stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas and later transferred to Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts. It was there she met her husband, Mack. As a military family, they lived in various places around the globe. They retired to the Ivy Bend community in 2004 at Lake of the Ozarks and she later moved to Laurie, Missouri. Joyce was a member of Kent Memorial Lutheran Church in Sunrise Beach and the Osage Community Elks Lodge #2705 in Laurie. She was an avid bowler and participated in league bowling year-round. In her spare time, she enjoyed numerous creative activities including crocheting, baking and stained glass. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at Kent Memorial Lutheran Church, Sunrise Beach, Missouri. Entombment will be at the Kent Memorial Lutheran Columbarium. To view the online version of the service via Zoom, please contact the church office for details. Memorial donations may be made to Community for Christ Outreach Center, PO Box 204, Sunrise Beach, MO 65079. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Laurie/Sunrise Beach Chapel.