Joyce Elaine Conley

Joyce was born to parents Robert Emery and Edna Pauline (Smith) Wilson on November 29, 1942, in Woodward, Oklahoma.

She was raised in Northwest Oklahoma, graduating from Woodward High School in 1961. She attended Northwestern State University for one year before marrying the love of her life Earl Conley on June 15, 1963. During her lifetime she lived in Buffalo, Alva, Woodward and Dover, Delaware during Earl’s service in the US Air Force. They returned to Enid, Oklahoma in 1965 where Joyce was a mother, homemaker and had an active professional career working for Union Equity. They moved to Flagstaff, Arizona in 1991 after becoming empty nesters where she worked at Northern Arizona University. Joyce and Earl moved back to Oklahoma following their retirement to be closer to their grandchildren and kids. They moved to Mustang, Oklahoma before settling down at Baptist Village in Oklahoma City. They were married for sixty-one years and four months before her passing.

A perfect day for Joyce would be spending time surrounded by her friends and family and listening to old time hymns. She would want to be remembered as someone who taught her children to have grace, be loving, and to show kindness and generosity to others. Joyce was such a loving and kind soul to anyone she met. She was a proud member of Putnam City Baptist Church. She loved to teach children in Sunday School and Vacation Bible School and singing in many church choirs. She was also a proud volunteer for Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief. Most importantly she loved her family and God.

Though Joyce has passed, she will always live on through the cherished memories and love she has shared throughout her lifetime.

Joyce was preceded in death by her parents Robert Emery and Edna Pauline (Smith) Wilson, and her brother Douglas Wilson and sister-in-law, Nancy Wilson.

Joyce is survived by her loving husband Earl Conley, their children Cindy (Cynthia) Conley of Yukon, Oklahoma, Kevin Conley and husband John Cabeca of New Delhi, India, Cathy Conley of Yukon, Oklahoma, and Curtis and wife Jeannie Conley of Edmond, Oklahoma, her sister Janis and husband Eugene Porter of Oklahoma City, and four grandchildren, Julius and wife Rena, Brooke, Grant and Preston.