Vivian Joyce Rowe Fenton
Vivian Joyce Rowe Fenton passed away peacefully surrounded by friends and family on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at her home in Dover, Idaho.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, at the Fenton home in Dover.
Joyce was born on Dec. 31, 1929, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Vivian Boyd Rainy and David King Rowe. She spent the first years of her life in Pasadena before the family moved to Paso Robles, where Joyce attended elementary and high school, graduating in 1947.
She attended San Jose State College where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in education. She met Jim Fenton at college, and they were married in 1951. Joyce and Jim made their home in San Jose where Joyce taught first grade until their son Steven was born in 1958.
The family moved to Aptos, Calif., in 1958 where Jim began a real estate development business and their daughters Julie and Susan were born. In the summer of 1972 while visiting friends in North Idaho, the family discovered Sandpoint. They purchased a house and moved north that September.
Joyce was very active in the Christian Science Church all her life and she served in many capacities at her local church. She was a member of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, and the Christian Science Society of Sandpoint.
Joyce was a gracious and generous friend to many. She was involved with and supported many community organizations as well as friends in need. She loved her family, her friends, her caregivers, and her home and garden. Her grandsons were the light of her life. She also enjoyed gardening, reading, traveling, and the arts.
She is survived by her sister, Lois Lugonja of Stateline, Nev.; brother, David Rowe off Paso Robles, Calif.; son, Steve Fenton, of Dover, Idaho; two daughters, Julie (Steve) Meyer of Sandpoint and Susan (Mark) Kubiak of Dover, Idaho; four grandsons, Andy and Paul Meyer, and Gusto and Julian Kubiak; and her two beloved dogs Teddy and Sammy.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, James Fenton.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to a charity of your choice.
Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements. Please visit Joyce's online memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign her guest book.