Joyce Bumpus

Bumpus, Joyce Lee LCSW
June 9, 2007, Ms. Bumpus succumbed to injuries sustained in a tragic car accident Thursday morning, May 31. Ms. Bumpus was born in Rochester, N.Y. and attended Pittsford Mendon High School. She was interested in singing, theater, fashion, and drama. Her junior year she was an exchange student to Skelleftia, Sweden where she lived with the family Ronnerdag with whom she was still in close contact. She returned to Sweden on her honeymoon. She attended Kirkland College where she pursued her interest in the arts, and theatre arts. After living in New York City, pursuing an acting career and nearly dying making a movie, she returned to live in Rochester, N.Y. She worked for her father's engineering firm helping with systems and writing manuals. She went on to be a copywriter for an ad agency, and performed professionally with the Shipping Dock Theatre. Here she met her ex-husband, Michael Parker, a television producer. Ms. Bumpus moved to CT with her husband and worked as a professional writer. After her divorce she attended Columbia University where she earned her Masters in Social Work. Most recently she worked at the Town of East Haven Counseling Services and recently joined the staff at CMHC in New Haven. She opened a private practice when she moved to North Branford. She will be remembered as a gifted psychotherapist who helped many people, and for her beautiful smile. Ms. Bumpus is survived by her sister and her husband Sandra Bumpus and Doug Goger, her brother and his wife Warren and Laurie Bumous; her nephews Tim and Dan Bumpus. Her beloved and spoiled cats will forever miss her: Kizzy, Jazpur, and Hannah.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 at the W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home, 504 Main St. Branford. Burial will be private. Friends may call Tuesday from 4-7 P.M. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 306 Industrial Park Rd., Suite 105, Middletown,Ct. 06457 or to Francis House, 108 Michaels Ave., Syracuse, N.Y. 13204. See for directions and online memorial @ www.wsclancy.com.