Joyce Faye Farley

Joyce Faye Farley, 92, of Easton, PA, passed away peacefully at the St. Luke’s Hospice House, in Bethlehem, PA, on Friday, April 1, 2022.

Born on March 27, 1930, in Easton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Owen and Jennie (Wilhelm) Murray. Joyce was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Donald P. Farley, who passed in 2015.

Joyce graduated from Easton High School and went on to graduate from the Easton School of Nursing in 1950. She worked for many years at Easton Hospital and then went to work for Dr. George Joseph, Dr. Jonathan Warren and Dr. Orazio Prestifilippo. Joyce volunteered her time at the State Theater, in Easton, PA and was a member of the Colonial Quilters Guild.

Joyce is survived by her children; CWO-5 USMC (Retired) Michael Farley and his wife, Joanne, who live in Virginia, Colleen Garis and her husband, Robert, of Bath, PA, Patrice Heimbach and her husband, Ralph Samuel, of Easton, PA, Michele Tomaino and her husband, George, of Easton, PA and Patrick Farley and his wife, Suzie, of Saylorsburg, PA, her seventeen grandchildren and her twenty-four great grandchildren. Along with her husband and her parents, Joyce was predeceased by her brothers, Owen and Donald Murray. 

A Viewing is scheduled for Thursday, April 7, 2022, from 6 to 8 PM at the Finegan Funeral Home, 4080 William Penn Highway, Easton, PA. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 AM the following day, Friday, April 8, 2022, at the St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church, 4049 Hartley Ave, Easton, PA. The interment will follow at Gethsemane Cemetery, Easton, PA.

Donations may be made, in Joyce’s name, to The St. Luke’s Hospice House, via slhn.org/hospice-care or 2455 Black River Rd, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, the St. Jane Frances de Chantal Church, via stjanesofeastonpa.com/donate or to the National Museum of the Marine Corps, via usmcmuseum.com/ways-to-give.