Obituary of Joyce Daly

Charleston-Joyce Fox Daly 81, a longtime resident of Southold, NY and Charleston, SC, died Wednesday the 31st of January at Heartland of West Ashley. Born in 1936 in Syracuse, NY. Joyce graduated from Pelham High School, NY and Southern Seminary Preparatory School and Junior College in Bueno Vista, Virginia. She worked as a pre-school teacher and an administrative assistant for an advertising agency in Manhatten, NY. She married Thomas Francis Daly III on January 30th 1965. She spent the next 52 years as a devoted wife and mother. She was a staple member of her community volunteering in PTA, Band Booster, Rotary, 4H, Brownies, The Eastern Long Island Hospital Auxillary and helped establish, along with our father, the North Fork Boy Scouts of America, She was a Den Mother, Teacher, Psychiatrist, Doctor, Chauffer, Trend Setter, Mom and Confidant to everyone she met. She loved movies, books, peanut brittle, lending an ear, and most of all laughing and loving. She is survived by her daughters Margaret Daly and Kimberly Daly, Daughter-in-law Anne Lea Dimitriadis, sons Thomas Daly IV and Michael Daly, nephew Buz Watkins and niece Suzy Coady. Special thanks to the staff at Heartland of West Ashley and Heartland Hospice. Please send donations in lieu of flowers to Heartland Hospice 1470 Tobias Gadsden Blvd. Charleston, SC 29407