Edward Joy, 84. president and treasurer of the Edward Joy Company, one of the principal plumbing and electrical supply houses or the East, died at his home at 910 West Genesee Street, at 3 o'clock this morning after an Illness which-kept him in bed the last six weeks. He passed nearly his entire lifetime In Syracuse, achieving wealth and place and commanding Influence In the community through two generations. Mr. Joy died Aug. 31, 1929. He Is survived by his nephew, Edward P. Joy, who Is vice president, secretary and assistant treasurer of the Joy Company, and by three nieces, Miss Mary E. Joy, Mrs. Edward Gleselman and Mrs. Helen Joy Ryan.
His life of extensive business activity and civic effort was varied with social and philanthropic interests. He was a trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, a trustee of the Catholic Charities, a member of the board of managers of St. Joseph Hospital and a benefactor of the House of Providence.
His character was recognized outside of Syracuse as well as at home, and he enjoyed the distinction of having been a golfing companion of John D. Rockefeller, Sr, The humblest could approach him always and his office was a place of pilgrimage for the needy, whose worthiness he did not question.
The funeral will be from the house at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning and at 9:30 o'clock at St. John the Evangelist Church. Burial will be in St. Agnes Cemetery.
Although affected for a number of years by chronic endocarditis, an Inflammatory heart condition somewhat limiting his personal application to business and causing his death, his Interest in affairs and men remained strong. Edward Joy was born in County Waterford, Ireland on March 3, 1846, the youngest child of Richard Joy and Mary Powers Joy, "Who emigrated to Syracuse in 1849.
When the Joys arrived In Syracuse, the young city was still very close to woodland and swamp from which It arose. Still nearly every House had its garden and,the winter's food was buried in mounds or piles and unearth as needed but there - were dances and other wholesome amusements organized by the people themselves without paid entertainers.
The rugged character of the man who became a leading figure in business and industrial Syracuse developed from such early, rigors as they would be regarded today. The father of the family, and his sons joined in the up building of the community as they attained working years. There were eight sons and two daughters in the family. The father was a farmer.
The boy Edward at the end of his school days in 1863 was apprenticed in the plumbing trade in the shop of Francis E. Carroll, earlier mayor of this city. He worked eight years at the trade until March 1. 1875, when he started in business at Market and what was then Railroad Street, later called East Washington Street.
The years necessitated much change and expansion or the business to take in manufacturing and jobbing branches as plumbing, steam-fitting and electrical work developed in scope and demand. The plant came to take in half a city block and to employ more than 100 men. Structural contracts involving costs in six figures figured in the Joy business in later years, all up from the original plumbing shop of Ed Joy on the Square. The volume of its business was second to none in Syracuse.
The founder became associated with banks and other community efforts. He made a hobby of helping young men in business and there are scores who can thank him for their start toward fortune, some of them wealthy men today and at and least one a millionaire. The extent of his interest for activities was amazingly varied for a man of his years. He served the city for eight years on the Interconnecting Sewer Commission. He was on the board of the Museum of Fine Arts. He was a member of the Draft Board in wartime when he was 70. He was on the distributing committee of the Syracuse War Chest and afterward with the Community Chest.
Among the organizers of the old Commercial National Bank he was later vice president of the Syracuse Savings Bank, and a member of the board of the Syracuse Trust Company. Mr. Joy belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, the Citizens Club, the Onondaga Country Club, the Automobile Club, the Lake Placid Club and the Knights of Columbus.
His father and mother died after the family had been here more than 35 years. Mr. Joy was married the year before he started in business. He married Mary Cleary, the daughter of Daniel and Julia Cleary, July 25, 1874, In Syracuse.
His life of extensive business activity and civic effort was varied with social and philanthropic interests. He was a trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, a trustee of the Catholic Charities, a member of the board of managers of St. Joseph Hospital and a benefactor of the House of Providence.
His character was recognized outside of Syracuse as well as at home, and he enjoyed the distinction of having been a golfing companion of John D. Rockefeller, Sr, The humblest could approach him always and his office was a place of pilgrimage for the needy, whose worthiness he did not question.
The funeral will be from the house at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning and at 9:30 o'clock at St. John the Evangelist Church. Burial will be in St. Agnes Cemetery.
Although affected for a number of years by chronic endocarditis, an Inflammatory heart condition somewhat limiting his personal application to business and causing his death, his Interest in affairs and men remained strong. Edward Joy was born in County Waterford, Ireland on March 3, 1846, the youngest child of Richard Joy and Mary Powers Joy, "Who emigrated to Syracuse in 1849.
When the Joys arrived In Syracuse, the young city was still very close to woodland and swamp from which It arose. Still nearly every House had its garden and,the winter's food was buried in mounds or piles and unearth as needed but there - were dances and other wholesome amusements organized by the people themselves without paid entertainers.
The rugged character of the man who became a leading figure in business and industrial Syracuse developed from such early, rigors as they would be regarded today. The father of the family, and his sons joined in the up building of the community as they attained working years. There were eight sons and two daughters in the family. The father was a farmer.
The boy Edward at the end of his school days in 1863 was apprenticed in the plumbing trade in the shop of Francis E. Carroll, earlier mayor of this city. He worked eight years at the trade until March 1. 1875, when he started in business at Market and what was then Railroad Street, later called East Washington Street.
The years necessitated much change and expansion or the business to take in manufacturing and jobbing branches as plumbing, steam-fitting and electrical work developed in scope and demand. The plant came to take in half a city block and to employ more than 100 men. Structural contracts involving costs in six figures figured in the Joy business in later years, all up from the original plumbing shop of Ed Joy on the Square. The volume of its business was second to none in Syracuse.
The founder became associated with banks and other community efforts. He made a hobby of helping young men in business and there are scores who can thank him for their start toward fortune, some of them wealthy men today and at and least one a millionaire. The extent of his interest for activities was amazingly varied for a man of his years. He served the city for eight years on the Interconnecting Sewer Commission. He was on the board of the Museum of Fine Arts. He was a member of the Draft Board in wartime when he was 70. He was on the distributing committee of the Syracuse War Chest and afterward with the Community Chest.
Among the organizers of the old Commercial National Bank he was later vice president of the Syracuse Savings Bank, and a member of the board of the Syracuse Trust Company. Mr. Joy belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, the Citizens Club, the Onondaga Country Club, the Automobile Club, the Lake Placid Club and the Knights of Columbus.
His father and mother died after the family had been here more than 35 years. Mr. Joy was married the year before he started in business. He married Mary Cleary, the daughter of Daniel and Julia Cleary, July 25, 1874, In Syracuse.
Edward Joy, 84. president and treasurer of the Edward Joy Company, one of the principal plumbing and electrical supply houses or the East, died at his home at 910 West Genesee Street, at 3 o'clock this morning after an Illness which-kept him in bed the last six weeks. He passed nearly his entire lifetime In Syracuse, achieving wealth and place and commanding Influence In the community through two generations. Mr. Joy died Aug. 31, 1929. He Is survived by his nephew, Edward P. Joy, who Is vice president, secretary and assistant treasurer of the Joy Company, and by three nieces, Miss Mary E. Joy, Mrs. Edward Gleselman and Mrs. Helen Joy Ryan.
His life of extensive business activity and civic effort was varied with social and philanthropic interests. He was a trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, a trustee of the Catholic Charities, a member of the board of managers of St. Joseph Hospital and a benefactor of the House of Providence.
His character was recognized outside of Syracuse as well as at home, and he enjoyed the distinction of having been a golfing companion of John D. Rockefeller, Sr, The humblest could approach him always and his office was a place of pilgrimage for the needy, whose worthiness he did not question.
The funeral will be from the house at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning and at 9:30 o'clock at St. John the Evangelist Church. Burial will be in St. Agnes Cemetery.
Although affected for a number of years by chronic endocarditis, an Inflammatory heart condition somewhat limiting his personal application to business and causing his death, his Interest in affairs and men remained strong. Edward Joy was born in County Waterford, Ireland on March 3, 1846, the youngest child of Richard Joy and Mary Powers Joy, "Who emigrated to Syracuse in 1849.
When the Joys arrived In Syracuse, the young city was still very close to woodland and swamp from which It arose. Still nearly every House had its garden and,the winter's food was buried in mounds or piles and unearth as needed but there - were dances and other wholesome amusements organized by the people themselves without paid entertainers.
The rugged character of the man who became a leading figure in business and industrial Syracuse developed from such early, rigors as they would be regarded today. The father of the family, and his sons joined in the up building of the community as they attained working years. There were eight sons and two daughters in the family. The father was a farmer.
The boy Edward at the end of his school days in 1863 was apprenticed in the plumbing trade in the shop of Francis E. Carroll, earlier mayor of this city. He worked eight years at the trade until March 1. 1875, when he started in business at Market and what was then Railroad Street, later called East Washington Street.
The years necessitated much change and expansion or the business to take in manufacturing and jobbing branches as plumbing, steam-fitting and electrical work developed in scope and demand. The plant came to take in half a city block and to employ more than 100 men. Structural contracts involving costs in six figures figured in the Joy business in later years, all up from the original plumbing shop of Ed Joy on the Square. The volume of its business was second to none in Syracuse.
The founder became associated with banks and other community efforts. He made a hobby of helping young men in business and there are scores who can thank him for their start toward fortune, some of them wealthy men today and at and least one a millionaire. The extent of his interest for activities was amazingly varied for a man of his years. He served the city for eight years on the Interconnecting Sewer Commission. He was on the board of the Museum of Fine Arts. He was a member of the Draft Board in wartime when he was 70. He was on the distributing committee of the Syracuse War Chest and afterward with the Community Chest.
Among the organizers of the old Commercial National Bank he was later vice president of the Syracuse Savings Bank, and a member of the board of the Syracuse Trust Company. Mr. Joy belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, the Citizens Club, the Onondaga Country Club, the Automobile Club, the Lake Placid Club and the Knights of Columbus.
His father and mother died after the family had been here more than 35 years. Mr. Joy was married the year before he started in business. He married Mary Cleary, the daughter of Daniel and Julia Cleary, July 25, 1874, In Syracuse.
His life of extensive business activity and civic effort was varied with social and philanthropic interests. He was a trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, a trustee of the Catholic Charities, a member of the board of managers of St. Joseph Hospital and a benefactor of the House of Providence.
His character was recognized outside of Syracuse as well as at home, and he enjoyed the distinction of having been a golfing companion of John D. Rockefeller, Sr, The humblest could approach him always and his office was a place of pilgrimage for the needy, whose worthiness he did not question.
The funeral will be from the house at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning and at 9:30 o'clock at St. John the Evangelist Church. Burial will be in St. Agnes Cemetery.
Although affected for a number of years by chronic endocarditis, an Inflammatory heart condition somewhat limiting his personal application to business and causing his death, his Interest in affairs and men remained strong. Edward Joy was born in County Waterford, Ireland on March 3, 1846, the youngest child of Richard Joy and Mary Powers Joy, "Who emigrated to Syracuse in 1849.
When the Joys arrived In Syracuse, the young city was still very close to woodland and swamp from which It arose. Still nearly every House had its garden and,the winter's food was buried in mounds or piles and unearth as needed but there - were dances and other wholesome amusements organized by the people themselves without paid entertainers.
The rugged character of the man who became a leading figure in business and industrial Syracuse developed from such early, rigors as they would be regarded today. The father of the family, and his sons joined in the up building of the community as they attained working years. There were eight sons and two daughters in the family. The father was a farmer.
The boy Edward at the end of his school days in 1863 was apprenticed in the plumbing trade in the shop of Francis E. Carroll, earlier mayor of this city. He worked eight years at the trade until March 1. 1875, when he started in business at Market and what was then Railroad Street, later called East Washington Street.
The years necessitated much change and expansion or the business to take in manufacturing and jobbing branches as plumbing, steam-fitting and electrical work developed in scope and demand. The plant came to take in half a city block and to employ more than 100 men. Structural contracts involving costs in six figures figured in the Joy business in later years, all up from the original plumbing shop of Ed Joy on the Square. The volume of its business was second to none in Syracuse.
The founder became associated with banks and other community efforts. He made a hobby of helping young men in business and there are scores who can thank him for their start toward fortune, some of them wealthy men today and at and least one a millionaire. The extent of his interest for activities was amazingly varied for a man of his years. He served the city for eight years on the Interconnecting Sewer Commission. He was on the board of the Museum of Fine Arts. He was a member of the Draft Board in wartime when he was 70. He was on the distributing committee of the Syracuse War Chest and afterward with the Community Chest.
Among the organizers of the old Commercial National Bank he was later vice president of the Syracuse Savings Bank, and a member of the board of the Syracuse Trust Company. Mr. Joy belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, the Citizens Club, the Onondaga Country Club, the Automobile Club, the Lake Placid Club and the Knights of Columbus.
His father and mother died after the family had been here more than 35 years. Mr. Joy was married the year before he started in business. He married Mary Cleary, the daughter of Daniel and Julia Cleary, July 25, 1874, In Syracuse.
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