Age 88 - Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Wednesday in the Becker Funeral Home Chapel, Snyder with Rev. Jack Atkinson, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Elk City officiating. Mr. Joyce died Wednesday in the Tamarack Retirement Center, in Altus where he and Evelyn had lived since January of 2008 due to health issues. Burial with Full Military Honors will be at 2:00pm in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma. He was born March 3, 1920 in Denver, Colorado to John Thomas and Mary (Bertrum) Joyce. He grew up in Denver and in Silverton, Colorado. He attended the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado before joining the US Army, in order to serve his country during WW II. He became an officer through Officer Candidate School and was always honored to serve his country. He met and married Evelyn Nordstrom of Snyder, Oklahoma on December 29, 1946 while stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After they married he became part of the Roosevelt Granite Company, a family owned granite production company where he worked until 1974. He was proud to have graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Liberal Studies. He remained steadfast to his service to his country by continuing for many years to serve in the US Army Reserve, where he became an instructor until his retirement as a Colonel. He worked for the Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines for 15 years while he and Evelyn lived in Dallas. Upon his retirement, they returned back to Snyder where they have continued living on their granite mountain in their unique home that he built with much pride. He and Evelyn adopted two children, Gigi Evelyn and John Michael. At the age of 73, he finally became a grandfather, Poppa, with the adoption of his China Doll, AliMarie for whom he was extremely proud. John is survived by his wife of the home, daughter Gigi Joyce Smith and a granddaughter AliMarie Joyce Smith of Elk City, OK, one brother and sister-in-law, Robert (Bob) and Marion Joyce of Houston, TX, sister-in-law Arline Nordstrom Speck of Snyder, and numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, his son John Michael and a sister Louise Lawrence. Due to floral restrictions at the cemetery, the family requests that donations be made to the AliMarie Joyce Smith Education Fund, c/o Bank of the Wichita's, Snyder, OK 73566,