Joyce Alice Payne

Joyce (Schuck) Payne, 84, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2022. She is survived by her two daughters, Juliana Wootten (Garth) and Jennifer Payne (Patrick Johnson), her four grandchildren, Katherine, Margaret, Liam and Carolyn, her sister Barbara (Schuck) Slade, and her niece and nephews. Joyce is preceded in death by her parents, William and Alice Schuck of Pittsburgh, PA, and her former husband of 35 years, Robert Payne.

Joyce graduated in 1960 from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA, and later earned a Master of Arts in Education Leadership at Eastern Michigan University. Throughout the 1990’s, Joyce taught at Bishop Gallagher/Trinity Catholic High School and served as its vice principal until the school closed in 2005. She enjoyed many summers working at the Grosse Pointe Farms Pier and never turned down an opportunity to volunteer, whether as a girl scout leader, homeroom parent, softball coach, catechism teacher or Beaumont Hospital greeter. She loved movies, books, card playing and travel, but her greatest joy came from beating her children at Scrabble.

Visitation will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 5 at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 22412 Overlake St., Saint Clair Shores, MI 48080, with a funeral service immediately following at 10:00 a.m. Live streaming of the service is available at www.sjascs.org/st-joan-live.

A graveside service will be held Saturday, January 7 at 11am at Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, 204 Cemetery Ln, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh, St. Benedict Monastery, 3526 Bakerstown Rd, Bakerstown, PA 15007 or www.osbpgh.org.