Obituary of Dennis Joyce

GARDEN CITY, KANSAS DENNIS EUGENE JOYCE, AGE 52, DIED FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2006 AT THE VIA CHRISTI HOSPITAL, ST. FRANCIS CAMPUS IN WICHITA, KANSAS FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AN ACCIDENTAL HOUSE FIRE ON APRIL 13, 2006. HE WAS BORN JULY 13, 1953 IN GARDEN CITY, KANSAS THE SON OF LAWRENCE M. AND A. ELAINE HARMS JOYCE. HE GRADUATED FROM GARDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1971 AND RECEIVED HIS ASSOCIATES DEGREE FROM GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN 1973. HE LATER ATTENDED COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT KANSAS CITY. A RESIDENT OF WICHITA SINCE JANUARY OF 1989 MOVING FROM GARDEN CITY, HE HAD BEEN A DJ FOR RADIO STATIONS IN GARDEN CITY, KANSAS CITY, DENVER, LEAVENWORTH AND DODGE CITY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GARDEN CITY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE: 1 BROTHER, RODNEY JOYCE OF CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND: 3 SISTERS, BEVERLY MILLER OF GARDEN CITY, KANSAS, SANDRA JOYCE OF FAIRWAY, KANSAS AND JANELL HEIMAN OF GARDEN CITY, KANSAS: 7 NIECES AND NEPHEWS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS. PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICES WERE HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2006 AT THE PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME IN GARDEN CITY, KANSAS WITH THE REV. ROBERT COUSINS OFFICIATING. THERE WERE NO PUBLIC CALLING TIMES. INTERMENT WAS HELD IN THE VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY IN GARDEN CITY. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE DENNIS JOYCE MEMORIAL FUND IN CARE OF PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME IN GARDEN CITY. PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME 620 N. MAIN GARDEN CITY, KANSAS 67846 620-276-2364