Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Friday, July 11, 2008

Joyce Martinez

BOSSIER CITY, LA -- Joyce Martinez, 64, passed away July 8, 2008 in Shreveport, LA. A funeral mass will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, July 12, 2008 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Catholic Church with Father Pike Thomas officiating. Interment will follow in Rose-Neath Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, July 11, 2008 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Bossier City. There will be a vigil service at 6 p.m.

Mrs. Martinez was born December 5, 1943 in Oakdale, LA. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Catholic Church and a homemaker.

She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Juventino Martinez of Bossier City; son, David Martinez of Aurora, CO; daughters, Carla Schnneider of Virginia Beach, VA, Monica Wells and husband Murray of Benton, LA; sisters, Edna Mancil of Oakdale, LA, Irene Phillips of Pearl, MS, Lou Washburn of Bossier City and seven grandchildren.

Honoring her as pallbearers will be Darrell Mancil, David Martinez, Chase Martinez, Steve Luman, Joe Cabrera and Murray Wells.

Honorary pallbearer will be Jim Burleigh.

The family would like to thank her oncologist, Dr. Neelima Chintapalli; Dr. Stuart Lebas; nurse practitioner, Katie Young; Christus Schumpert ICU, MD Anderson Hospital, and all their staffs for their concern and loving care.

Rose-Neath Funeral Home
Bossier Chapel 746-2543