Katherine Joyce "Joy", a native of Farnworth, Lancashire, England; passed away in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was predeceased by her husband Roy; her parents Edwin and Jane Parkinson; and son-in-law Kenneth Tomlinson.
Joy was survived by four children: Tom and wife Brenda of Wenatchee, Washington; Jim and wife Fran of Centreville, Virginia; Katherine and husband Marty Yakimovich of Wilmington, North Carolina; and Mary in Santa Fe, New Mexico; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Katherine was called Joy by family and friends. At age 2, she immigrated to America with her mother, following her father, who had traveled ahead and settled in Jamestown, New York. During the summer of 1941, at age 20, she traveled to New York City with a dear friend where she met Roy Robison, a United States Naval Academy midshipman who was on his third year cruise. That chance meeting started a friendship that endured the miles that separated them over the next years as Roy graduated from the Academy in December 1941 and began his naval career at the start of the United States' entry into World War II. They were married on March 18, 1944 in Newark, Ohio, had a short honeymoon to NYC and then traveled to Bremerton, Washington to meet Roy's ship, the battleship USS Washington.
Joy was a Navy wife and together they lived wherever duty assignments took them: New Orleans, Louisiana; Vallejo and San Diego, California; Annapolis, Maryland; New London, Connecticut; Arlington, Virginia; Newport, Rhode Island; Norfolk, Virginia and McLean, Virginia. Upon Roy's retirement from the Navy they continued to live in McLean, Virginia where they enjoyed Naval alumni functions and Annapolis football games. Joy lived the last 16 years with her daughter Mary in Santa Fe. Joy was a longtime member of St. John's Catholic Church where she served first as school librarian and then as church Liturgical Coordinator, Sacristan and Extraordinary Minister. She enjoyed traveling with Roy during his second career with the George Washington University Continuing Engineering Education Program. She especially enjoyed returning to England to visit London. Joy was a dedicated mother, grand-mother and caregiver who enjoyed volunteering at various organizations, sewing and cooking.
Funeral Mass was at St. John's Church in McLean, Virginia. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.
Joy was survived by four children: Tom and wife Brenda of Wenatchee, Washington; Jim and wife Fran of Centreville, Virginia; Katherine and husband Marty Yakimovich of Wilmington, North Carolina; and Mary in Santa Fe, New Mexico; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Katherine was called Joy by family and friends. At age 2, she immigrated to America with her mother, following her father, who had traveled ahead and settled in Jamestown, New York. During the summer of 1941, at age 20, she traveled to New York City with a dear friend where she met Roy Robison, a United States Naval Academy midshipman who was on his third year cruise. That chance meeting started a friendship that endured the miles that separated them over the next years as Roy graduated from the Academy in December 1941 and began his naval career at the start of the United States' entry into World War II. They were married on March 18, 1944 in Newark, Ohio, had a short honeymoon to NYC and then traveled to Bremerton, Washington to meet Roy's ship, the battleship USS Washington.
Joy was a Navy wife and together they lived wherever duty assignments took them: New Orleans, Louisiana; Vallejo and San Diego, California; Annapolis, Maryland; New London, Connecticut; Arlington, Virginia; Newport, Rhode Island; Norfolk, Virginia and McLean, Virginia. Upon Roy's retirement from the Navy they continued to live in McLean, Virginia where they enjoyed Naval alumni functions and Annapolis football games. Joy lived the last 16 years with her daughter Mary in Santa Fe. Joy was a longtime member of St. John's Catholic Church where she served first as school librarian and then as church Liturgical Coordinator, Sacristan and Extraordinary Minister. She enjoyed traveling with Roy during his second career with the George Washington University Continuing Engineering Education Program. She especially enjoyed returning to England to visit London. Joy was a dedicated mother, grand-mother and caregiver who enjoyed volunteering at various organizations, sewing and cooking.
Funeral Mass was at St. John's Church in McLean, Virginia. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.
Katherine Joyce "Joy", a native of Farnworth, Lancashire, England; passed away in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was predeceased by her husband Roy; her parents Edwin and Jane Parkinson; and son-in-law Kenneth Tomlinson.
Joy was survived by four children: Tom and wife Brenda of Wenatchee, Washington; Jim and wife Fran of Centreville, Virginia; Katherine and husband Marty Yakimovich of Wilmington, North Carolina; and Mary in Santa Fe, New Mexico; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Katherine was called Joy by family and friends. At age 2, she immigrated to America with her mother, following her father, who had traveled ahead and settled in Jamestown, New York. During the summer of 1941, at age 20, she traveled to New York City with a dear friend where she met Roy Robison, a United States Naval Academy midshipman who was on his third year cruise. That chance meeting started a friendship that endured the miles that separated them over the next years as Roy graduated from the Academy in December 1941 and began his naval career at the start of the United States' entry into World War II. They were married on March 18, 1944 in Newark, Ohio, had a short honeymoon to NYC and then traveled to Bremerton, Washington to meet Roy's ship, the battleship USS Washington.
Joy was a Navy wife and together they lived wherever duty assignments took them: New Orleans, Louisiana; Vallejo and San Diego, California; Annapolis, Maryland; New London, Connecticut; Arlington, Virginia; Newport, Rhode Island; Norfolk, Virginia and McLean, Virginia. Upon Roy's retirement from the Navy they continued to live in McLean, Virginia where they enjoyed Naval alumni functions and Annapolis football games. Joy lived the last 16 years with her daughter Mary in Santa Fe. Joy was a longtime member of St. John's Catholic Church where she served first as school librarian and then as church Liturgical Coordinator, Sacristan and Extraordinary Minister. She enjoyed traveling with Roy during his second career with the George Washington University Continuing Engineering Education Program. She especially enjoyed returning to England to visit London. Joy was a dedicated mother, grand-mother and caregiver who enjoyed volunteering at various organizations, sewing and cooking.
Funeral Mass was at St. John's Church in McLean, Virginia. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.
Joy was survived by four children: Tom and wife Brenda of Wenatchee, Washington; Jim and wife Fran of Centreville, Virginia; Katherine and husband Marty Yakimovich of Wilmington, North Carolina; and Mary in Santa Fe, New Mexico; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Katherine was called Joy by family and friends. At age 2, she immigrated to America with her mother, following her father, who had traveled ahead and settled in Jamestown, New York. During the summer of 1941, at age 20, she traveled to New York City with a dear friend where she met Roy Robison, a United States Naval Academy midshipman who was on his third year cruise. That chance meeting started a friendship that endured the miles that separated them over the next years as Roy graduated from the Academy in December 1941 and began his naval career at the start of the United States' entry into World War II. They were married on March 18, 1944 in Newark, Ohio, had a short honeymoon to NYC and then traveled to Bremerton, Washington to meet Roy's ship, the battleship USS Washington.
Joy was a Navy wife and together they lived wherever duty assignments took them: New Orleans, Louisiana; Vallejo and San Diego, California; Annapolis, Maryland; New London, Connecticut; Arlington, Virginia; Newport, Rhode Island; Norfolk, Virginia and McLean, Virginia. Upon Roy's retirement from the Navy they continued to live in McLean, Virginia where they enjoyed Naval alumni functions and Annapolis football games. Joy lived the last 16 years with her daughter Mary in Santa Fe. Joy was a longtime member of St. John's Catholic Church where she served first as school librarian and then as church Liturgical Coordinator, Sacristan and Extraordinary Minister. She enjoyed traveling with Roy during his second career with the George Washington University Continuing Engineering Education Program. She especially enjoyed returning to England to visit London. Joy was a dedicated mother, grand-mother and caregiver who enjoyed volunteering at various organizations, sewing and cooking.
Funeral Mass was at St. John's Church in McLean, Virginia. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Interred December 11, 2013
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