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Joyce
McCollum
Kenosian
NEWTONVILLE
- Joyce E.
Kenosian,
94, passed
away on
March 29,
2022 at the
Eddy Village
Green of
Cohoes.
Joyce was
born on May
25, 1927 in
Salem, NY
and was the
daughter of
the late
Stewart and
Ellen
McCollum of
Granville,
NY. She was
the
Valedictorian
graduate of
Cambridge
High School
Class of
1945 and
graduated
from the New
York State
School of
Teachers
with a
Master's
degree in
1951.
Joyce was
employed as
a Chief,
Bureau of
Pupil
Testing and
Advisory
Services in
the
University
of The State
of New York
Education
Department
and retired
in 1988
after 35
years of
service.
Joyce was
married to
the late
Martin
Kenosian for
56 years.
They enjoyed
traveling,
fishing
trips,
bowling,
spending
time with
family and
friends.
They were
very
generous
supporters
of education
and have
funded
several
scholarships
including at
Siena and
SUNY Albany
Colleges.
They were
also strong
supporters
of the
Schenectady
City
Mission, the
Capital City
Rescue
Mission, and
the
Salvation
Army.
Joyce was an
active
member in
the Madison
Avenue
Baptist
Church and
the St.
Peter
Armenian
Apostolic
Church.
In addition
to her
parents and
husband,
Joyce was
preceded in
death by two
brothers;
LeRoy (late
Ruth)
McCollum and
Jon McCollum
and two
sisters;
Anna (late
Emanuel)
Vitale and
Janet
McCollum.
She is
survived by
four
brothers;
William
(late Carol)
McCollum,
Don
McCollum,
Robert
(Marcia)
McCollum and
Kenneth
McCollum;
and five
sisters:
Ruth (late
Millard)
Woodland,
Marilyn
(late
Raymond)
Parker, Jean
(Loren)
McNeil,
Marie (late
George)
Snyder, and
Lucy (Bruce)
Loomis; and
forty nieces
and nephews;
and numerous
great-nieces
and nephews.
Funeral
services
will be held
on Friday
April 1,
2022 at 1:00
p.m. at the
Parker Bros.
Memorial
Funeral Home
in
Watervliet,
NY. Family
will receive
friends at
12:00 p.m.
(noon).
Interment
will be at
Memory
Gardens in
Colonie.
For those
wishing to
remember
Joyce in a
special way,
her family
suggests
donations to
the
Schenectady
City
Mission, PO
Box 760,
Schenectady,
NY 12301 or
the Capital
City Rescue
Mission, 259
South Pearl
St., Albany,
NY 12202 or
St. Peter
Armenian
Apostolic
Church, PO
Box 196,
Watervliet,
NY 12189.
Class of
1945
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