Joyce was born April 6, 1940 to Raymond and Marcella Britt Flannery at the DeWitt Hospital in DeWitt, Iowa. She attended all 12 grades at St. Joseph School in DeWitt graduating in1958. After high school she attended beauty school in Davenport Iowa. Later she married Blaine Teter in 1965 and divorced in 1966. She married Harold Zittel in 1970 and they had a son Brian. In 1973 the family moved to Ventura, California.
In California, Joyce was a homemaker and was devoted to raising her son Brian. Later Joyce was divorced but continued to have a friendly relationship with Harold and continued to be devoted to raising her son. After Brian was married and served as a Marine in the First Gulf War, Joyce moved to Carson City, Nevada where her son died in 2008 and where she lived out her days caring for and being cared for by friends and her family: daughter-in-law Terri Zittel, granddaughters, Sarah and Jessica.
Joyce is survived by her brothers Gary (Sue) Gravert and Jim (Sue) Gravert; daughter-in-law Terri Zittel; biological son, Joe (Trisha) Jacobs as well as his daughter Kayla (Jacobs) Zeh and step-son Jonathan Temenak; granddaughters Jessica (Chris) Dixon and Sarah Miller; great-grandchildren Harlee Miller, Hendrix Miller, Aurora Dixon and Gage Dixon. Joyce is also survived by nephews Adam Gravert, Matt Gravert and Gabe Gravert as well as nieces Traci (Gravert) Weber, Sarah (Gravert) Wood, Katherine Gravert, and Jessica (Gravert) Nelson..
She was preceded in death by her father Raymond Flannery (1943), Step- Father Melvin “Bumps” Gravert (1976), her mother Marcella Ann (Flannery) Gravert (1986), her brother Dick Flannery (1965), and her brother Robert (1992).
A memorial service occurred on November 10, 2018 in Carson City, Nevada.
Arrangements are pending in DeWitt, Iowa.
Memorials can be sent to Gary Gravert at 205 A Ave. W Albia, IA 52531.
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