Pudvan, Joyce A.
Joyce A. Pudvan, 82, of Portland passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on May 30, 2022. She was born in the coal mines of Charleston, West Virginia on August 23, 1939. She was the daughter of the late Edna May King. Joyce was the widow of Allen E. Pudvan.
Joyce moved to Jackson, Michigan in her senior year of high school and held a variety of jobs after graduation. On a fateful trip back to West Virginia, her mother
introduced her to the man of her dreams, Allen. The courtship blossomed after an accident sent Allen to the hospital and Joyce visited daily. They married six months later on April 9, 1960. Following the marriage they moved to Connecticut settling in Portland 1961. Joyce was the proprietor of the Portland Package Store which she ran for six years. She held a variety of other jobs before becoming a full time mother and homemaker. She enjoyed knitting baby blankets and hats donating them to newborns in hospitals. She also enjoyed gardening, cooking and baking. Following her husband's retirement, they traveled extensively. Of all their travels, they enjoyed cruises the most. On one cruise, they became great friends with another couple and enjoyed several more wonderful cruises with them.
Joyce is survived by her daughter and caregiver Malinda Pudvan of Portland, her beloved puppy Sarah Jane, her brother Jerry King of Brooklyn, MI, her sisters-in-law Georgina King of Jackson MI and Frances Pudvan of Bay
City MI and several nieces and nephews.
In addition she was predeceased by her husband Allen Pudvan after 53 years of marriage, by her brother Kenneth, her brother-in-law Francis “Bibs” and sistersin-law Carroll, Judith and Carol all of MI.
Malinda would like to express sincere appreciation to mom's caregivers from Companions and Homemakers for their devotion and wonderful care of mom for the last ten years. Their daily presence gave mom joy even as her health deteriorated. Funeral services will be held on Friday (June 3rd) at 10 am in the Portland Memorial Funeral Home, 231 Main Street Portland. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday morning from 9 am until the time of the service. Burial will be in the family plot in Center Cemetery, Portland.