Feisty and independent-minded to the end, Joyce Blackmer Dubuc passed into eternity on Friday September 11, 2020, at the age of 98. A lifelong communicant of St. Patrick's Parish in South Hadley, where she raised 8 children with her husband, Arthur "Cook" Dubuc, Joyce became a Eucharistic Minister almost the minute that women were able to be in that role. She served for about 20 years and was also a member of the Parish Council . Joyce was a registered nurse for over 40 years, having graduated from Providence Hospital School of Nursing in 1942. She was a district nurse, a delivery room nurse at both Providence and Holyoke Hospitals, and a South Hadley school nurse in her career. After retiring from the South Hadley School System in 1985, she became an Ombudsman for Westmass Eldercare in 1991, where she worked part-time for several years. Joyce and Cook enjoyed 46 years together before his death in 1989, having been married in Monterrey, CA, in 1943, after the 21-year-old Joyce traveled cross-country by train with her mother and aunt to get there. When WWII was over, they enjoyed their large and ever-growing family, their wonderful friends, their yearly summer weeks or month on Cape Cod, some winters in Fort Walton Beach, FL, a Caribbean cruise, their children's and grandchildren's sporting and artistic events, and community celebrations. Joyce was also predeceased by 2 of her daughters, Beth (2009) Dubuc Jedzyniak (Frank), and Mary Lou (2011) Dubuc Lefebvre (Stephen); by a grandson, Joseph Maiolo; by her parents, Cora (MacKenzie) and Paul William Blackmer, and her in-laws, Exoria (Gelineau) and Arthur Dubuc; by her sister, Eunice Blackmer Brainard and her husband Jack; by her brother, Paul William Blackmer, Jr. and his wife Ruth; by many sisters- and brothers-in-law; as well as by many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and great friends. Among those friends were her best friend all of her life, Marjorie Rainaud, and her good friends Margaret Smiledge, Helen LaPorte, and Margaret McDonnell. She leaves her daughters, Linda Dubuc Maiolo (Benjamin Young) and Joyce Dubuc Motroni (David Motroni), her sons Richard Arthur Dubuc (Julie Spencer Robinson), Arthur Paul Dubuc, Thomas James Dubuc (Judy Kamont), and Paul William Dubuc (Tracy Meehan Dubuc). Joyce's beloved grandchildren are Paul James Maiolo (Julie Prechtl) and Marc Arthur Maiolo; Chenoa Robertson Mackenzie (Aaron Mackenzie) and Roscoe Spencer Dubuc, Graham Spencer Orrall and Madeline Spencer Orrall; Amy Dubuc Bombardier (Jeffrey Bombardier), Amanda Stella Dubuc, Daniel Cook Dubuc (Caitlyn Taylor); Elise Gennine Talbot; Myriah Dubuc Hudak (Samuel Hudak, IV), David Arthur Dubuc (Michelle Mongeau Fitzell), Joseph Paul Dubuc (Jessica Downey), Dylan Brian Dubuc (Abigail Hamlin), and Elizabeth Dubuc Lyons (David Lyons); and Joshua David Motroni (Daisy Laflamme), Jacob Thomas Motroni (Laura Amaral), Lisa Katherine Motroni (Matthew Lambert), and Jordan Eric Motroni (Stephanie Varga). Her always happily awaited great-grandchildren are Paul James "PJ" Maiolo, Hannah Pelletier, Allison Prechtl, Nastasia Lynn Robertson, Annabelle Grace Bombardier, Hugo James Bombardier, Leo James Dubuc, Samuel Andrew Hudak, V, Mia Elizabeth Hudak, Thomas "TJ" Fitzell, Griffen Patrick Fitzell, Brock Christopher Fitzell, Nolan Paul Lyons and Landon Matthew Lyons; Skylar June Motroni and Cora Anne Motroni. Joyce also leaves her sons-in-law Frank Jedzyniak and Stephen Lefebvre; her cousins Sandra O'Connell and her husband James, Joan McKenna and her husband Ken, Donald MacKenzie and his wife Cathy, Raymond MacKenzie and his wife Shirley, and Ann Marcotte Root; her nieces Kathy Weller and Jeanne Devine, Carol Creen (Andrew Creen) and Lynne Long (Michael Long), her nephews Paul Blackmer, III,(Kathy) David Blackmer, George Kasper, and Phillip Marsden; her nieces Lorraine Grant (Theodore) and Irene Bledsoe, her nephew David Brunelle (Carol), many great-nieces and great-nephews, her friend Rev. Daniel Brunton, and many other friends and neighbors. Joyce enjoyed trips to Maine, Cape Cod, Ireland, Key West, FL, and England, as well as holidays with the family, town events, and the many parties she both hosted and attended. She will be remembered for her good nature and fun-loving personality, her devotion to her family, her friends, and her faith, her crossword puzzle wizardry, and for her enjoyment of a scotch and soda every evening at 5 o'clock. Calling hours for Joyce will be Wednesday, September 16, 2020 from 9:30 – 11:00am in St. Patrick's Church, Main Street, South Hadley, followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00am. Covid-19 restrictions may limit attendance at the Mass itself. In lieu of flowers, a donation to United Cerebral Palsy, Juvenile Diabetes, or St. Patrick's Church may be made in memory of Joyce. Curran-O'Brien Funeral Home of South Hadley is in charge of the arrangements.