Joyce Hester Dooley

Joyce Dooley (nee Elmore) died on July 2, 2026, at the age of 79.

She is survived by her older brother Donald (Randa), stepsons, Patrick and Timothy Dooley, sisters-in-law Roberta Elmore and Mary Dooley, nieces, Elizabeth “Lily”, Gwen (Crawford), Elizabeth “Buffy” (Hardy), nephew, Greg (Julia), great nieces, Kate, Sarah, Abby, Ellie, and Coco, great nephews, Jake and Chase, cousins, Gene and Mike Richardson, Mike, Tim, and Dan Meloy, Paul Biddle, Tom and Jeffrey Sleete, and Cheryl Boyes. She is also survived by her uncle Cliff Richardson who will be celebrating his 100^th birthday this November.

Joyce was preceded in death by her husband in 2021, Thomas Dooley, her parents, Hester and Newell Jouett, brother Rodney, stepsons, Thomas and Michael Dooley, cousins, Karen Cavell, Doug Richardson, Newell Lynn Weas, and niece, Amy Elmore.

Joyce graduated from Miami University and was an elementary school teacher in the Colerain School District for thirty years.

Tom and Joyce had a wonderful marriage after they met each other later in life. Tom was an outstanding musician and artist. The two complimented each other in a magnificent way.

Joyce had a wonderful laugh and was always thinking of ways to help others. She was, like her mother, an organizer and very comfortable in social activities. She was known for her love of taking photographs and making albums of special occasions for her family and others as well. She made over twenty of them from vacations to Disney World and other places in the country.

She created bulletin boards, printed bulletins, helped with the organization of conferences, and many other activities at her church, the Fellowship of God’s Covenant People. She will be missed by all.

Visitation will be held on Friday, July 10^th, 2026 from 12:30-1:30pm at Arlington Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 2155 Compton Road, Cincinnati, OH 45231 (Follow the BLUE line). A funeral service will follow at 1:30pm. Burial will take place at 2:30pm at the Arlington Memorial Gardens.