JOYCE LORRAINE STURDY

1933 - 2015

Sturdy, Joyce Lorraine (Luckett) 81, of Cohasset, passed away on August 12, 2015 at her summer home on Nassau Point in Cutchogue, Long Island, New York. Her husband of 62 years, Robert Hancock Sturdy, Sr. cared for her throughout her heroic, decade-long struggle with Parkinson's. She was surrounded by her family at the time of her death. Joyce was born September 12, 1933 in Melrose, Massachusetts. A graduate of Colby-Sawyer College, Joyce raised a family of six children. She was active in the Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill and served as Junior Warden and on the vestry of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Cohasset. A member of the Cohasset Garden Club and a former president of the Community Garden Club of Cohasset, she also managed an electronics company in Hingham for fifteen years. She was a strong advocate for women in business. Energetic and with a wonderful sense of humor and fun, Joyce loved children and often had a few more than her own in tow. All were welcome at her homes in Brookline, Cohasset, and Long Island. She loved to entertain among the gardens and interiors she created. Joyce spent much time boating in order to include in leisure time the family and friends to whom she was so devoted. She was a successful competitor in predicted log racing and enjoyed sailing annually to Nantucket. A lifelong enthusiast for contract bridge, she played frequently and would analyze play daily with her husband. She loved and cared for her parents, Dorothy and Francis E. Luckett, her children, and her seventeen grandchildren. Her daughter Susan Sturdy of Cohasset passed away in 2013. She is survived by her husband Robert Hancock Sturdy, Sr. and children Robert Hancock Sturdy, Jr. of Marshfield Hills, David Coles Sturdy and his wife Charlotte of Scituate, Jean Sturdy Snyder and her husband John of Topsfield, James Luckett Sturdy and his wife Gwendolyn of Williamsburg, Virginia, and Charles Hancock Sturdy and his wife Anastasia (Stacy) of Cohasset, as well as her grandchildren Katherine, Emily, Lauren, Elizabeth, Ian, Mark, Linnea, William, Thomas, Carina, Robert III, Diana, Benjamin, Samuel, Tegan, Anneliese and Alexander. A memorial service will be held at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport, New York.