The News-Gazette, Champaign, IL; 12/1/04

Joyce Hardesty
CHAMPAIGN -- Memorial services for Joyce "Joy" Hardesty, 68, of Champaign
will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 210 W.
Church St., C.  Dr. Terry Harter will officiate.

Burial will be in Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon.

Visitation will follow the memorial services at the church.

Heath and Vaughn Funeral Home, 201 N. Elm St., C, is handling
arrangements.

Mrs. Hardesty died at 10:35 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 28, 2004) at ManorCare
Health Services of Champaign.

She was born Feb. 14, 1936, in Detroit, a daughter of Charles and Leona
Moyer Lake.  She married Jerome Hardesty on June 9, 1957, in Champaign.
He survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Jeff Hardesty of Key West, Fla., and Joe
Hardesty of Menlo Park, Calif.; and three grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a sister and a daughter.

Mrs. Hardesty graduated from York High School, Elmhurst, and from
the University of Illinois in 1957, with a degree in math education.
She was a homemaker.

She was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church, where she
sang in the choir.

She was also a member of the church alumni and Stafford House at the UI.
She enjoyed needlepoint, crossword puzzles, and gardening.

Memorials may be made to the church.

Condolences may be offered at www.heathandvaughn.com