Joy Peoples Obituary

Age - 92

October 7, 2023

Hancock, MD

Joy Lee (Munson) Peoples, 92, Williamsport, MD. , passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at her daughter, Dixie Derring’s home. She was born February 1, 1931, in Hancock, MD. , to Theodore and Anna Mae (Jackson) Munson. Joy was a loving wife to Oscar Peoples for sixty-three years. They had five children, Robin (Chip) Peoples, Vickie Shank, Dixie Deering, Sherry Peoples and Tonia Canfield. She was a devoted and caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and newly blessed as a great-great-grandmother. She was also an aunt to many nephews and nieces. Joy dearly loved her family and friends and treated all others with kindness and compassion. No one was a stranger in her house. She was a dedicated homemaker and offered her cooking to all who came to visit. She enjoyed many hobbies which were self-taught, but her passion was crocheting blankets and watching the birds in her backyard. Joy was a faithful member of the House of Jacob church located in Hancock and Hagerstown, MD. She will be dearly missed. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar; son, Chip; daughter, Vickie; grandson, Shane Bowman; great-grandson, Dakota Bowman; three brothers, Lawrence Munson, David Munson and Joseph Munson; and one sister, Doris (Munson) Davis. Services will be held at Grove-Rogowski Funeral Home, 141 West Main St. , Hancock, MD. Viewing will be held Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 11am-12pm. Memorial services will begin at 12pm. Interment will follow at Cedar Lawn Memorial Park, 17636 West Washington St. , Hagerstown, MD. A reception will be held after interment at Bryon Memorial Park community building, 11 Park Rd. , Williamsport, MD. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Grove-Rogowski Funeral Home, 141 West Main St. , Hancock, MD. Online condolences can be expressed to the family at www. grovefh. com.

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