Joyce V. Couture

NORTH DUXBURY - Joyce V. Couture, 77, passed away at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin on Thursday morning, Dec. 29, 2016. Born in Burlington on Oct. 22, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Dwaine C. and Shirley M. (Keith) Marshall. On Dec. 20, 1997, Joyce married Douglas E. Couture in Pepperell, Massachusetts.
Joyce was a 1958 graduate of Waterbury High School and was a proud member of the state champion girls basketball team. She continued her education at the former Burdett College in Boston, receiving her associate degree in 1960. She then embarked on a four-decade career, starting as a bank teller and working her way up to head teller for the Waltham (Massachusetts) Savings Bank, Bay Bank in Littleton, Massachusetts, Bank of Boston and then Fleet Bank, from which she retired in 1999.
Athletically active throughout her life, Joyce loved the outdoors and particularly enjoyed hiking, cross-country skiing, camping and sea kayaking. An avid bicyclist, she and her husband logged over 12,000 miles touring Ireland, Scotland, the Canadian Rockies, New Zealand, the Oregon coast, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Joyce will be deeply missed by her husband and family whom she loved spending time with, particularly the many family reunions and special occasions, as well as her feline best friends, Casey and Corby, with whom she could often be seen going for walks around the neighborhood, and her canine best friend, Bailey.
Joyce is survived by her husband of 19 years, Douglas E. Couture, of North Duxbury; her siblings, Phyllis Marshall, of Williston, Neil Marshall and his wife, Nona Brown, of Waterbury, Bruce Marshall and his wife, Polly, of East Montpelier, and Steven Marshall and his wife, Bonnie, of Waterbury Center; as well as nieces, nephews and extended family.
Friends may call at the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home in Waterbury on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, from 2 to 4 p.m. For those who wish, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the North Country Animal League (www.ncal.com); or to the Humane Society of Chittenden County (www.chittendenhumane.org). To send online condolences, please visit www.perkinsparker.com or the funeral home Facebook page.