Joyce Irene (Schock) Griffin, 43, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2021. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 2, 2021, at Overland Park Baptist Temple, Pastor Tracy Roby will officiate. Memorial contributions are suggested to Metavivor.org
Joy was born October 28, 1977 in Kansas City, MO to William M Schock and Linda A.M. Wolcott. She departed this life after a nearly 3 year battle with cancer on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at KU Medical Center surrounded by loving family and friends. Joy moved to Mississippi where she married Michael Griffin on February 14, 2002. She worked for over 20 years at Entergy Mississippi while raising their children. If she wasn’t at work she was taxying her children to events, chaperoning a group of kids or participating in church events. Joy loved God and loved to serve her church in choir, praise team, and various women’s ministry events. She came to know Christ as a young teen. She grew much closer to Christ in these last few years as she fought a long and courageous battle with cancer. Joy was a member of Pearson Baptist Church, Pearl MS, before moving back to the Kansas City area and becoming a faithful member of Overland Park Baptist.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, William A & Nancy Schock (Pittsinger) and Leslie & Lee Trowbridge.
Joy is survived by her mother Linda A.M. Wolcott; husband Michael; children Catherine Jennings (Ashton), Christian Griffin, Michael Alexander “Alex” Griffin, and Kaleyb Calvin “KC” Griffin; sisters Margaret Smith (Justin), Pamela Sherman (Randy); granddaughter Lily Jennings and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
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