Joyce E. Strobert

Joyce Eileen York Strobert was born in Harlem, New York, and was the daughter of Thelma and Rufus York. Her parents were born in Barbados West Indies and immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island.

Joyce attended New York public schools and ultimately received an Associates of Arts degree from Nassau Community College on Long Island.

Very proud of her bajan heritage, later in life Joyce made many trips to Barbados to visit remaining family, bathe in the beautiful blue water and sit on the white sand beaches of Barbados.

Joyce married the boy next door Leroy Strobert. They had two children Cheryl and Daryl.

Joyce retired in 1996 from the Hempstead School District as a Teaching Assistant. She was devoted to the students within the school district and the school faculty. She received the Teaching Assistant Award in 1994 and was recognized by the New York State United Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers for her advocacy work and fight for the rights of represented workers.

Following retirement, since Joyce and Leroy were not feasibly able to move to their place of choice Barbados, in the year to 2000, they moved to Henderson, Nevada. 61514 Joyce rapidly became involved with the community center learning ceramics, quilting, and mah jong and read all of Oprahs books which were automatically reserved for her by the librarian at the local library.

Joyce and Leroy joined the Christ Church Episcopal and this became their church home. It is there that they became members of the Union of Black Episcopalians.

Her lifelong passion was piano playing and we all cringed when she sat down at the piano to play, but we tolerated her playing because it gave her such joy.

Joyce now joins her Mother, Thelma and her Father, Rufus, where they are all hopefully basking on the white sands and taking wonderful sea baths together in Barbados.

Joyce is survived by her devoted husband, Leroy, her daughter Cheryl, her son Daryl and his wife Dawn, her sister Enid SainteRose, many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, neighbors and last but not least her two favorite poodles, Copper and Sunny.

Donations can be made to the Scleroderma Foundation to help find a cure for the disease.