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Mary "Joyce" Neavoll Hoffman

Redmond, Oregon

September 25, 1940 - November 21, 2020

Mary "Joyce" Neavoll Hoffman Obituary

Born in Roseburg, Oregon, on September 25, 1940, Mary Joyce Neavoll Hoffman celebrated her 80th birthday in Terrebonne, Oregon. She passed all too soon afterwards on November 21, 2020. Joyce’s three children were with her, Gregory Hawks (Oceanside, CA); Gayle Hawks Harris (San Diego); and Debbie Ball (Phoenix, AZ). Joyce’ home town, Roseburg, was remembered and treasured. She was the daughter of Ellis and Mary Neavoll, a logger and JC Penney sales lady; and the granddaughter of Ohalla residents Ambrose and Josephine Huffman and Jesse Neavoll. She attended local schools, Benson Elementary, Central Jr. High, and graduated from Roseburg High School, Class of 1958. During high school she was active in FHA (Future Homemakers of America) serving as president during her senior year. She also volunteered in the RHS library and was a “pink lady” in the JC Aides. Joyce married shortly after high school and became a Navy wife for the next over 20 years. She lived near bases in Long Beach, CA; had two children in Groton, CT (where her Naval husband served in our nation’s infant nuclear submarine program) and her youngest was born in Hawaii. Following Navy retirement, the family settled in Spring Valley, California. Joyce returned to Oregon in 1978, and was married to Toby Hoffman. Together they built a beautiful log home in the Terrebonne area. Joyce had gardened with her parents during her childhood, and she continued throughout her life to nurture beautiful gardens. The multiple garden areas she and Toby developed at their homes would compete well with those of Martha Stewart. Joyce asked her children and Toby to wait until Spring 2021 to celebrate her life – when the daffodils bloom. A Remembrance Service will be held at their Terrebonne home for area friends and family, followed by a Commemorative Service at Roseburg Memorial Gardens. She will be interred there, near her parents in the town that she loved. Joyce is survived by her aforementioned husband and her three children. Also Gayle’s husband, Keith Harris and Greg’s love, Stephanie Harris; her only sibling, Sharron Neavoll Savage and her spouse Alan, and nephew and niece, Steven Savage and Linda Langgle. Joyce has ten grandchildren, Ian Hawks, Jill Seay, Austin and Hailee Ball, Sara and Julia Hawks. Angela & Cory Hoffman. Joyce three great- granddaughters. Piper and Quinn Hawks & Corrine. Her surviving Oregon family include Uncles Jesse and George Neavoll and Aunt Frances Neavoll; cousins Pat Montgomery, Barbara Irons, Loy Neavoll, and Judy and Janice Neavoll. Redmond Hospice served our family during Joyce’s battle with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and her Mother’s cancer before her. If you please, in their memory, donations can be made to Redmond Hospice, 732 SW 23rd St, Redmond, OR 97756. Sincere thanks for the efforts of oncologist, Dr. Todd Clover, the staff at St. Charles Hospital and the Infusion Clinics in Bend and Redmond. By working together, they extended Joyce’ life during 21 months of treatment. Autumn Funerals of Redmond is honored to serve the family. 541-504-9485

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