| Graveside Service: 10:00 a.m. on Friday, 
							September 9, 2016, in the Atlanta Cemetery 
							Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home, 
							Atlanta 
							Obituary 
							Joy A. Upton, 63, of Bloomington, passed away at 
							2:19 a.m. Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at Heartland 
							Health Care Center in Normal.
 Graveside services will be held for Joy at 10:00 
							a.m. on Friday, September 9, 2016, in the Atlanta 
							Cemetery. Miss Candi Evans will officiate.
 
 Cremation Rites have been accorded.
 
 Joy Ann Evans was born December 5, 1952, in 
							Bloomington, the daughter of Weldon and Rose Mary 
							Kruse Evans. She was united in marriage to Stephen 
							Messenger in October 1971. She later married Danny 
							Upton in December 1990. He preceded her in death on 
							March 9, 2014.
 
 Joy is survived by her two sons: Todd (Carissa) 
							Messenger of Clinton and Bob Messenger of Peoria; 
							one brother, Steve (Nova) Evans of Clinton; and 
							seven grandchildren: Sam, Rachael, Jacob, Grayson, 
							Matthew, Callison, and Sarah Messenger.
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                She was preceded in death by her husband, Danny, and her 
				parents.
 Joy had worked in the circulation department of the Pantagraph 
				for many years.
 
 Memorials may be made to Home Sweet Home Mission in Bloomington.
 
 Final arrangements entrusted with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of 
				Atlanta.
 
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