Mr. Jeanette Milliron Joyce

Mr. Joyce enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942 and became a commissioned naval officer after undergoing a training program.He served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of operation in World War II, and was discharged from military service in April of 1946, at which time he held the rank of lieutenant senior grade.Mr. Joyce received a Purple Heart for wounds suffered while serving aboard a gunboat operating in the Palau Islands in the Pacific.

He entered law school at the University of Pittsburgh in 1946, after being discharged from military service, and received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1949.Mr. Joyce then joined the law firm of Wiesen, Cusick and Madden as an associate, and later became a partner of the law firm of Wiesen, Cusick, Madden, Joyce, Acker and McKay, which later became known as Cusick, Madden, Joyce and McKay.He retired from that firm in September of 1995.

In the practice of law, Mr. Joyce served as Sharpsville Borough solicitor for a continuous period of more than 38 years, beginning in 1950.He also served as solicitor for the county of Mercer and for several townships including Pymatuning and Shenango.In addition, he served as a solicitor for the Mercer County Industrial Development Authority and the Upper Shenango Valley Water Pollution Control Authority.

Mr. Joyce served several years as a member of the Board of Directors of Protected Home Mutual Life Insurance Company in Sharon, and as legal counsel to that company.

He was a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Mercer County Bar associations and had served his turn as president of the Mercer County Bar Association.

Mr. Joyce served several terms as a member of the board of Mercer County Community Counseling Center, and for a number of years, on the Budget Committee of the United Way.

Mr. Joyce was a lifelong member of St. Bartholomew's Church in Sharpsville; and belonged to Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge 103, Sharon; Sharpsville Service Club; and American Legion Post 162, Sharpsville.