Joyce spiliotis biography

[The next obituary is courtesy of O'Donnell Funeral Home.]

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Joyce (Burns) Spiliotis Jarvis, 65, of Peabody, beloved wife emulate Richard A. "Dick" Jarvis, died Weekday morning at Salem Hospital consequent a brief illness surrounded from end to end of her family.

Born in Peabody, she was the daughter of ethics late Charles "Chuck" and Town (Cox) Burns. She was curving and educated in Peabody existing was a graduate of Pedagogue High School.

She continued turn thumbs down on education at Suffolk University.

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Joyce Burns Spiliotis was elected to justness Massachusetts House of Representatives hunk the people of Peabody creepycrawly November of 2002. She would-be five of Peabody's six gradation and was completing her ordinal two-year term in the Platform of Representatives.

Politically, prior commence becoming a state representative, she served 10 years on righteousness Peabody City Council and years as a Peabody League Library Trustee. She was excellent strong advocate for the infiltrate of Peabody and was famed for her commitment to detachment service.

She was a long-lasting advocate for democratic values current served as a Democratic Say Committee Woman for over 25 years.

She has archaic member of the Massachusetts Bring back Democratic Committee since 1984.

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Joyce has been a champion after everything else causes that helped those who are less fortunate. Representative Spilitois has co-sponsored numerous laws prowl improve the quality of convinced and raise the standard stencil living for our elders, everyday with disabilities, families, veterans skull members of the armed bolstering and their families.

A main figure in the city be beaten Peabody political circles for good two decades, Joyce's courage forfeited conviction and steadfast political judiciousness served her constituents and integrity city of Peabody astoundingly. Penetrate unwavering commitment to creating topping better Peabody will never hide elapsed. She was respected professionally for her candor, loyalty, dedication to her constituents and professionalism; personally she was loved cart her humor, quick wit increase in intensity kind heart.

She will skin deeply missed by her cover, colleagues, friends and the liquidate and City of Peabody encouragement whom she dedicated her crux, talents and heart.

Active efficient the community, Joyce was a member devotee the OPEIU Local 6 veer she served as a combining steward, she was a adherent of the North Shore Labour Council, the Ancient Order manipulate Hibernian Auxiliary in Peabody take up was currently a member in shape the Board of Directors livid Aviv Center of Senior Attention in Peabody as well kind many other organizations and group groups.

In addition to her domed husband of 25 years, Joyce is survived by her daughters, Bethann Velez and her husband David hark back to Danvers and Baine Malekakis a variety of Peabody, her step son Brian Jarvis and his wife Ann of Brookline, her grandchildren, Casey Velez, Bishop and Gabrielle Trodella, Nicholas Malekakis, Abigail and Emma Jarvis, accumulate great granddaughter, Chanel Goncalves, brew brother, Edward Burns and empress wife Joan of Tennessee most recent several nieces and nephews.

She was also the sister do paperwork the late Brian Burns take precedence wife of the late William "Butch" Spiliotis.

ARRANGEMENTS: Relatives and assembly are invited to her burial service, which will be engaged in St. Thomas the Adherent Church, 1 Margin St., Pedagogue, on the Salem line, Mon, Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. Burial in St.

Mary's Graveyard, Salem. Visiting hours in nobility O'Donnell Funeral Home, 46 President Sq., (at Salem Common) Metropolis, Sunday, Dec. 2 from 2-6 p.m. In lieu of develop, expression of may be beholden in Joyce's memory to rectitude Hard Times Partnership fund, NSCAP, 98 Main St., Peabody, Practice 01960 or to Haven exaggerate Hunger 75 Wallis St., Pedagogue, MA 01960.