Mom, no words, emotions, nor feelings can express the gratitude I feel for being blessed with such a grand Mother. I know you are with family on the other side of the veil that welcomed you with open arms and love, give them all a great big hug for all your kids, you will be truly missed by all, but know you are loved, for you truly made everyone feel loved. LOVE YOU MORE!! I feel you gave me and my sister and brother so much love, encouragement, guidence, joy, laughter, happiness, faith, hope, and belief in accomplishing anything we put are heart and mind to. I often thought one of the greatest blessing you taught me was to work hard, but later realized that yes, you taught us to work hard, but actually you taught us to believe in ourselves and in each other and to work, toil, and persevere through any challenge- thank you for all your patience and teachings. Ever so grateful and will always relish the personal quite talks we shared!!  Love ya more, give daddy and all great Big hug.

To my Beautiful Mom I just want to thank you for the example you set for me. I hope I'll remember all the things you taught me and all the things you said in guidance, because I will not  be able to call and ask.  There has never been a doubt that in heaven I got 1st choice in choosing my mother and father. Thanks for always believing  in me and understanding the drum I marched too. I knew I could always count on you and that you had my six.  You are the best LADY, MOM, WIFE, SISTER,DAUGHTER, GRANDMOTHER, G-GRAMDMOTHER,TEACHER, and my FRIEND. Mom you will be missed by all but I'm sure that reunion with all the family in Heaven just got a little more  fun with you there. Give them all a hug for us please. I'll miss my dance partner(Garth Brooks-The Dance) was our favorite song when it came on we would find each other. She would always sing but change the words to the song . It said
"Yes, my life is better left to chance . I could have missed the pain but I had to miss the dance".... she would sing to me with  Encouragement
Yes, it's your life you got a second chance.  You had to experience pain  but I'm glad I dent miss the dance. Mom this pain is hard but thanks for the dance.      
                            Mom love and miss you!
                                            FOREVER YOUR SON 
                                                                     JOHN

Mom, Thank You for raising a daughter that was truly taught well and loves the gospel.  My mother was not able to live with us her last years, so the next best thing was to invite you to live with us for the last four years. The agreement was for you to sell your house and car.  So, you told everyone that you were going to move to Phoenix, and I was going to buy you a new car.  That was a standing joke between us.  Love you mom and I will buy you a heavenly car when I get there. Love you, Ronnie (son-in-law)

Mom, you will be missed.  John, Karl, and I all know that we were greatly blessed to have you as our mother.  You have consistently been there for us.  You have been our cheerleader all through the years.   You always believed we could do anything and rise higher.  We appreciate your spunk and generous heart.  You taught us the value of family, loyalty, love, forgiveness, hard work, faith, and hope.  We love that you loved to laugh.  We know you are with Daddy and that makes it easier. Please know that we love you.  God be with you till we join you and Daddy.


I don’t have the words right now as my sadness is too deep. You were taken too early as we had so much to do yet. I miss my sassy but classy Granny.  Love you and look forward to seeing you and Papa again.  ❤️ Sarah 

Joyce is one of the kindest, spunkiest, friendliest, most cheerful people I ever met. I am so happy that I could get to know her and spend some happy, memorable moments with her. Her hospitality at meals in the Rebich home, and her attending my youngest son's San Diego wedding really stand out to me, as well as her stories and testimony in Relief Society lessons, and the way she waded into Come, Follow Me. She's a gem!

The thing that struck me about Joyce is how intimately she knew her Father in Heaven. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard anyone talk so personally about Him. Always addressing Him as “Father” in such a way it was obvious how connected to and integrated into her life He was. She always had a smile for everyone and never hesitated to tell you her thoughts. A special Daughter of God indeed. She is missed!


Oh Joyce my angel that's also back now with the love of your life , these words from a Reba McEntire song""Had I Only Known !!!!""are the only and best way to describe the overwhelming grief in my heart as I picture you waving good bye at the airport to me, Had I only known when I go back to Arizona that you wouldn't be there I would've held on to you just a lil longer when we embraced that last time. But the blessing of that beautiful kind smile will be my final and greatest memory of you. And my greatest lesson is blood will never be the only thing that makes you a mother. Reaching out without any knowledge of how broken and the emptiness that my soul was enduring, let's me know there's truly a God above that knows and sees all. God blessed Your love to shine within that shattered through all of my world that was filled only with darkness that slowly pulled me back into the light. You allowed me to understand the Family Proclamation but even moreso to be able to experience a Godly family like never before, you took a complete stranger and made me apart of what's now my family and you will always be one of the greatest part of my testimony. I can actually envision you finding my parents and saying"" Don't worry I left her in good hands and she'll never be or feel alone anymore !!!!!""


We met Joyce the weekend of General Confrence in Oct 2004.  My sister and Joyce and a few other ladies traveled from Texas to Salt Lake City for the weekend.  This is where we were introduced to the most wonderful family.  Joyce is such a firecracker.  Her laughter and sense of humor has kept us in stitches over the years.  She welcomed us with open arms into her family. When I think of being christ like I think of Joyce and her unconditional love towards all of God children. She will truely be missed. Until we meet again, we love you ❤️Manena and Patrick Duncan 

I cannot imagine that Joyce has ever met a stranger.  She loved all people and wanted each one to understand how precious they are to Heavenly Father.  She loved teaching with humor and in the spirit  of truth and spice.  Oh, how every time that we met, I wanted to glean all that I could from our conversations: we laughed and fortified each other every time .  She carried the most priceless spark of life in her beautiful eyes.  Her love for her family is Eternal and always was in the forefront of her heart and mind.  What a sweet treasure she is and always will be, now that she is in her beloved J.W.'s arms.  With Love Always

To Karl, Nora, John, the grandchildren and great grandchildren .... 
My deepest sympathy to each of you for the loss of Granny.
She was a beautiful woman,  inside and out.
I have many fond memories of her.... Wherever she was it seemed fun and laughter were also... She had some great stories.  She had a smile for everyone and was always kind and thoughtful.  She continued to treat me like family over the many years since Karl and I divorced.   I have always looked up to her for that example of simply being Christ-like.
My love to each of you and 
May she rest in peace.❤

GiGi loved her card games. When we visited her and Papa in Texas, we played a lot of them. I decided to introduce a new game to her, a game called Mau!

It’s played with a standard deck of cards and has 10 rules. However, the rules aren’t written down, recorded, or spoken. Ever. The point of the game is to figure out the rules! If you don’t follow a rule, you get penalized. If you win, you get to make a new rule that lasts the whole day! Naturally, I was the only person there who knew the rules, so it was great fun for me! Many penalties were given out over the next couple hours.

Over the course of the very few games we played, I received not a few (joking) death threats, and if you knew GiGi, you’d know almost every single one came from her mouth. She is quite possibly the wittiest person I’ve ever known. You can imagine how creative those threats became over the course of the evening, and to make matters worse, she was sitting directly to my right.

After a while, she’d had enough. Luckily for me, she didn’t follow through with any of her previous threats… but she did do something to me that I can honestly say hasn’t been done to me before or after that night, and probably won’t ever happen to me again… She gave my cheek a nice, long, wet lick. Everybody besides her were so stunned, we were speechless for a few seconds. Then a eruption of laughter came that I believe has hitherto never been seen or heard by our family since.

After so many years, I thought she’d have forgotten it. I visited her about two months ago, and now that I think of it, I was sitting at the dinner table with her directly to my right. As dinner began, she leaned over and whispered (again, jokingly) in my ear a threat to lick me, should I cause her any trouble for the remainder of my stay there. My joy at that threat made by my wonderful great-grandma reached a level that I will never forget.

I love you GiGi. You are my sunshine.

When the Sister Missionaries were teaching us the lessons, they bought Joyce over to share her testimony with us.  We had so much in common. She was there for our Baptism and when we first went to the Temple. Her and JW became family. She was the big sister I never had. She was so loving, kind, and I will miss her forever. 

Such a beautiful soul! She made a huge impact in my life. I was blessed to know her. 

To my Sister -In Law
 You and JW treated me with respect  and Loved me as a Brother. Think You for believing in Me 

I am so sorry to hear that Joyce passed.  She is always in a good mood, positive and she is such a caring person.  She really had a way with people, smiling all the time, everyone loved her.  One of the nicest, most genuine people I've ever known.  Joyce will always have a special place in my heart.

Such a dear friend.  She will be missed but I’m sure she is happy to be with your dad.  So many fond memories.  She is such a beautiful woman 

Joyce Wall  thank you and your entire family for literally changing the course of my life. In my heart I truly believe your soul was waiting for me. For the 1st time in my entire life I truly knew what was to be loved unconditionally, and after so many years on my own I was no longer afraid to live my life despite of my disability. Up until the day u introduced yourself to me after church service has never been the same. You literally took someone that was so broken and trusted noone and made a difference. And by you allowing the holy spirit to use you by entering you into my life. I can't even imagine or believe I would still be alive today. You had no clue I was days away from giving up on both the LDS church and life. I was Seriously doubting my choice to convert from my Southern Penacostal roots and people in General. Being african american in the Mormon religion is no easy task. You entering my life and welcoming me into your family taught me what it felt like to just be a Mormon. Race was no longer a challenge. Your unconditional love for me made the difference in my world. In the beginning it felt more like we were the children and Nora was the mom because our mouths kept us in trouble lol. So I wanna thank you with all of my heart because for the 1st time I knew what it felt like to have people that showed me that my life truly mattered Joyce. Because of you my life now has meaning and God created me for a purpose... 

Joyce had a very strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 
She was diligent in her callings and loved to serve. 
She was determined and was a very hard worker. 
Happy we had her in our lives. 
We loved her. 
Reed & Gizelle Pettingill 

Joyce has been in my life since before I was born. She moved to Abilene in my parents time of pain and helped them through it was such love and grace. She was a dear friend of my parents ever since. I have loved Joyce and John as second parents. She was always so kind and loving. I will miss her dearly!

I lived in Joyce’s ward in Abilene Texas for many years. She always had a big impact on me and was a great example to me. I remember several of her lessons and things she has taught me over the years. I missed her greatly when she moved away from Abilene. She was a treasure!

This is one of the great women of all time and a real Lady. She made the greatest Won Tons in the world. I knew here when we lived in Abilene, Texas from 1976 to 1986. I loved her dearly. Although I haven't seen her in years, I am still saddened by her passing. Her husband John was a good friend, husband, and father. She will be missed for sure.

We were eating dinner at our family favorite pizza place “brick oven”, and everyone was enjoying dessert pizza, except granny. She asked the waiter if he could get her some of the dessert pizza toppings but specifically with no crust because of her gluten intolerance. The waiter came back with mixed fruit like grapes and cantaloupe and watermelon from the salad bar. But he had microwaved the plate of fruit before giving it to her. Just the look of disbelief she gave him would have made anyone quit their job. She didn’t eat it, but she also didn’t tell him how dumb we all thought he was. She even tipped and said thank you. She was cranky granny but even she wasn’t trying to ruin other peoples day from small inconveniences. 

OBITUARIO

Joyce B Wall

24 mayo, 1941 – 29 octubre, 2021

A.L. Moore-Grimshaw Mortuaries Bethany Chapel

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