Joyce M. Pyykola (Buffalo)'s Obituary
Joyce M. Pyykola departed this earth to be received in to the arms of her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, December 27,2022 at the Buffalo Prairie Care Center in Buffalo, Missouri at the age of 80. She was born in Venice, Illinois to Leonard and Frieda (Wyse) Hormann on April 28,1942.
Joyce is preceded in death by both of her parents and as well as four brothers and two sisters. She is survived by her husband Frank Pyykola of Buffalo, MO, her daughter Kelly Gallion and husband Jerry of Missouri and a sister Rosemary Huffstedler and husband Frank of Illinois. She is also survived by a grandson David Hughes and wife Katie of Kansas and two great grandchildren and a very large group of stepchildren, Karen, Pam and Laura, with an honorary mention of Karen and Pam who helped to keep her comfortable in the past few years. She is also survived by many step grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews who mourn her passing as well.
We will all truly miss her, but we also rejoice in the fact that her race has ended in Heaven.
Visitation for Joyce will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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