Joyce (Downs) Menk Obituary (1926 - 2022)

Joyce (Downs) Menk, 96, of Sarasota, FL passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022. She was born April 12, 1926 in Pana. Joyce attended DePaul University, where she was a member of the Pi Phi Sorority and recently had received her 75 year pin. She then went on to attend the University of Colorado in approximately 1948 and graduated from Millikin University in 1949. She was a resident of Boulder, CO from 1953 to 2013, when she moved permanently to Sarasota, FL. Joyce Downs was married to Merlin Hugo Menk from 1949-1976. Surviving are her daughter: Suzanne Menk Stevenson, Silver Spring, MD; son, Thomas (Lori) Menk, Arvada, CO; grandchildren: Kathy Stevenson, Matthew Menk & Alex Menk and brother, Charles "Charlie" Downs, Pana, IL. She was preceded in death by her sisters: Mary Downs Thompson & Virginia Downs & brother, Walter "Wally" Downs. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in Bay Village, Sarasota, FL. Interment will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in Linwood Cemetery, Pana, IL. McCracken-Dean Funeral Home, Pana, IL is assisting the family.