James J. Joyce Jr.

James J. Joyce Jr., 74, of Shrewsbury and formerly of Northborough, died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at home after an illness.
He was born in Worcester, son of James J. and Phyllis (Crowley) Joyce. His father was the Clerk of the Worcester Superior Court.
Jim graduated at the top of his class in 1965 from St. John's High School in Shrewsbury and, in 1969, he graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester with a Summa Cum Laude degree in Economics and Accounting.
Jim participated in the U.S. Navy ROTC program at Holy Cross and proudly served four years of active duty in the Navy after college and two additional years in the Naval Reserves with the rank of Lieutenant (O-3). In the Navy, he managed supply logistics and was Supply Department Head aboard the destroyer USS Dupont, based in Norfolk, Va.
After his Naval service, Jim graduated from Harvard University Law School in 1976.
From 1976 through 1982, Jim was a Corporate Associate at the Boston law firm of Burns & Levinson. He joined the Norton Company in Worcester in 1982 as its corporate legal counsel. When Norton was acquired by the Saint-Gobain Corp. of Paris in 1989, he remained with the company and later became a Divisional Counsel for Saint-Gobain with legal responsibilities for its American subsidiaries, Norton and CertainTeed Corp.
Jim was admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts; the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
He retired from Saint-Gobain in 2002, after which he maintained a private law practice and devoted himself to community causes.
Jim is survived by his wife of 49 years, Susan Plummer Joyce; a nephew Thomas P. Gallen and his wife Anna of McKinney, Texas; and a grandnephew Max Gallen. Jim's sister Sandra M. Gallen passed away last year.
There will be a graveside service Tuesday, December 21, at 11 a.m. at St. John's Cemetery, 260 Cambridge St., Worcester. There are no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Jim's memory are suggested to College of the Holy Cross.
The Athy Memorial Home, 111 Lancaster St., Worcester, is directing arrangements.