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Joy B. Clark

April 30, 1940 ~ August 20, 2025

Born in: Springvale, Maine
Resided in: Orange Park, Florida

Joy Belle (Webber) Clark made her final trip back home from Orange Park Florida on August 20, 2025, succumbing to cancer.

She was born in Springvale on April 30, 1940 to Theodore Webber and Bernadine (Ridley) Webber Dunnells. She spent her childhood in both Shapleigh & North Shapleigh, graduating from Sanford High School Class of 1958 and married Paul A Clark (USN) in 1959. As a military wife, she said goodbye to Maine and settled in Rhode Island, Virginia, Mississippi and finally Florida.

After raising her 4 children, Joy found work as manager of Evenson’s Hallmark and later Dippin’ Dots Ice Cream, both in Orange Park Florida, retiring somewhere around 2000. She found this work very rewarding and became an excellent saleswoman. After retiring, she would travel back home to Shapleigh every summer where she would live in her grandmother’s house.

As a member of the Acton-Shapleigh Historical Society (ASHS), she used those skills and spent the past 20 or so years “begging” for money from local businesses to support the society. You could always find her at the ASHS booth at the Acton Fair, and just when you thought you had made it past her, she would find some way to get your attention and draw you over to her – to which you then had to buy something to support the society she loved. She also raised money by holding weekly Kitty Whist card games. Joy loved people and accepted everyone with an open heart, open arms, and a mischievous smile.

In those final months, she knew the end of the road was near but was determined not to lose her sense of humor. She would tell of the silly little things that she would do, like putting the bag of marshmallows on the hot oven door, that otherwise may have caused her to get upset at herself, but instead she would just laugh it off.

She is preceded in death by her parents, stepfather George Dunnells and siblings: Norma Evans, Edith Gove, Fred and Teddy Webber.

Joy leaves behind her husband of 66 years and her children; Scott (Judy) of Florida, Cynthia of Missouri, Kimberly of Maryland and Rodney (Michele) of New York, 11 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, sister Frances, brother Clif (Debbie), many nieces, nephews and friends, near and far. Her departure leaves an unfillable void in our lives, but we hope the thought of her brings a smile to your face and a chuckle with a memory. As Joy’s final attempt at soliciting, she is requesting you make a donation to the Acton-Shapleigh Historical Society in her memory in lieu of flowers.

A celebration of her life will be held at the Black Heald and Walker Funeral Home, 580 Main Street in Springvale on Saturday August 30, 2025 at 11:00 am. Relatives and friends may visit from 9:00 until service time.

Burial will be at Highland Grove Cemetery in North Shapleigh. As Joy would say, “You come visit any time, I’ll be right here!”

Services

Celebration of Life: Saturday, August 30, 2025 11:00 am

Black-Heald & Walker Funeral Home
580 Main Street
Springvale, Maine 04083


Visiting Hours: Saturday, August 30, 2025 9:00 am

Black-Heald & Walker Funeral Home
580 Main Street
Springvale, Maine 04083


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  1. I love you nanny.
    Izabella, William, Vivian and Zack love you too. I’ll be looking for the signs. I know you are always with me.

  2. Hi Nanny, I love more than words can say. I’ll keep you with me forever and I promise to continue to tell Gabe and Elijah all the crazy stories. I’m so glad you were able to meet Brandon. We all love you and will miss you so much.

  3. We only just met through our families. The time we did spend together at birthdays and holidays with Zack, Sam and the kids was always a hoot! There will be an empty seat at the table in the upcoming years, but it will always be yours!

  4. You will be missed mom glad I got to see you Tuesday night like the family told you Tuesday night it’s okay and you are in a better place now rest in peace. ♥️🙏

  5. I am going to miss our visits over the years. Thank you for all your great support of the ASHS, especially with the sale of calendars at the Acton Fair and the Shapleigh Community Days. You will always be in my heart and remain a true friend.

  6. Aunt Joy i love you and you will be missed . Keep my mom in line up there OK lots of love Debbie higgins R I P

  7. Joy,
    Thank you for taking me in with Ashley, you made me feel like a part of your family, your unconditional love, and always keeping in touch through the years. You’re a special kind of person. I’m so glad I got to visit and see you in May with my brother and kids. I am forever grateful for you. I’m gonna miss those cards you send me every year. Love you always, Jackie

  8. Miss Joy, as my daughter lovingly called you, you were such a beautiful part of our lives! It took some convincing, but once you won Ally’s heart, she loved when you and Paul came home to Ridley Rd every summer! We loved seeing you at the Acton Fair and all of Ally’s golf cart rides with you! You grew up with her Grammy Sally and became the grandma she didn’t have. We were blessed to know you and will always love and remember you.

  9. Hi Nanny, I love you and miss you so much. You have left a big whole in my heart. Thank you for making my childhood so memorable. I will never forget looking forward to those fall and summer visits from you and Pop Pop and all your crazy stories and us making our apple pie. I will always remember you and I promise to make sure the generations to come know how much of an amazing woman you are.

    P.S. wanna go upstairs

  10. My deepest condolences to Uncle Paul, the kids, grandkids and extended family. I wish that I could be there to share these thoughts in person, but I know Aunt Joy would understand, that my family needed me here now. She loved her family fiercely and there was never a doubt as to how strong that bond was. She was a thoughtful and caring person with an incredible sense of humor. Growing up an only child, I was so excited when her family would come to Maine for a few weeks in the summer. It meant family gatherings, cookouts, swimming at the lake, playtime with my cousins(Rodney-remember all those Matchbox cars?) with all of it wrapped up with Aunt Joy’s big, extraverted personality. She loved to “tease” and play jokes and she got a big kick out of herself! One of my fondest memories was when she made homemade doughnuts early one morning. She walked around to all our homes yelling “come and get it”. She and Uncle Teddy set up plywood on sawhorses surrounded with lawn chairs and we all gathered around and had breakfast outside in the front yard. She made excellent desserts! She never missed a chance to send a card for birthday’s/Christmas and she was great about sharing old photographs or letters that she thought I would like to have. Her passing will leave a huge hole but if there is any karma out there, I know she is with Grammie’s spirit right now and telling her all the news from the last decade. I love and miss ya Aunt Joy.

  11. I met a great friend 50 years ago as I managed Hanover Shoe store and Joy managed the Hallmark store. She and I would make each other laugh all the time. Making her laugh and vice versa was so much fun.
    I loved her dearly. My job moved me away from Orange Park. I always enjoyed visiting Joy and Paul these past years at their home.
    This past June my wife Ann, daughter and grandson, Avery, had a wonderful visit with Joy. She got a kick out of Avery who just turned 2.
    Joy was my 2nd Mom and I was her 3rd son. That’s how we would say hello and goodbye to each other.
    She was proud of her large family. She helped me out with my personal life when we first met. I will never forget that.
    Joy, you will be missed but never forgotten.
    Joy, love you.
    Son #3.
    Rich and Ann Widick


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