Joyce Holden Nash

Joyce "Jody" Holden Nash of Warwick and Franklin, Mass., passed away Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. She was 82 years old.

Born Oct. 22, 1931, in Rochester, N.H., she was the daughter of Edward Wight Holden and Estelle Bennett.

She was married for 58 years to James Herbert Nash (2013).

Joyce was an art teacher for almost 50 years to K-12 students with the Franklin Board of Education in Franklin, Mass., before retiring.

A lover of all arts, she was a painter and artist, a floral designer, antique collector and cook. She raised Arabian horses for many years and had an insatiable love for animals as well as her Patriots football team.

She is survived by her daughter Lucinda Henry and her husband James of Warwick; four grandchildren: Christian Henry and his wife Sarah of South Port, Conn., Jonathan Henry of Brooklyn, Alexander Henry of Warwick and Arianna Henry of Brooklyn; a great-granddaughter, Evelyn Rose Henry; a niece, Robin Dole; two nephews, Ernie and Ted Bindel; her two Arabian horses, a Rottweiler and Siamese cat.

She was predeceased by a sister, Phyllis Macey.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, Dec. 15, at 2 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, Warwick.

Memorial donations may be sent to Warwick Valley Humane Society, PO Box 61, Warwick NY 10990 or Wounded Warriors, PO Box 758517, Topeka KS 66675.

Arrangements are under the direction of Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home in Warwick. For further information or to send an online condolence, see www.lsvpmemorialhome.com.