Joyce E. Nelson, 87, passed away peacefully at her home in Boring, Oregon.
Born August 13, 1936, in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, Joyce and her parents, Elmer Lewallen and Erma Chappell, moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1951. In May of 1952, she married her husband of 68 years, Gerald G. Nelson.
Joyce worked in the nursing industry for 27 years, including 16 years with the Portland MS Society. She and her husband fostered children as well as running an adult foster home. She was a talented seamstress and actively involved with charitable work through St. Michael's Catholic Church in Sandy, Oregon.
She is survived by daughter, Marion, sister Eleanor Hayes, grandchildren Robert Gasso and Brigette Lucus and great-granddaughters Brealinn, Blakly and Kinzly.
She was predeceased by husband Gerald and foster son Scott Gasso.