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Joyce Rice
Erma Pat Mayers Mimi
July 12th, 1921 - January 27th, 2022
July 12th, 1921 - January 27th, 2022
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Joyce Rice
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Joyce Rice
Pat was born in a small town in Michigan on July 12, 1921 The second child born to her mother, Marguerite, and Father, John. She had an older brother, Cliff, and ten years later a younger brother, Chuck was born. She calls herself the pickle in the middle. In this photo, she is 2 and Clifford is 4. Those Eyes!!!!!
Joyce Rice
Her best friend, Babe, and Pat were inseparable and had a lot of fun and adventures. Doubled over laughing. That about says it all. These two loved to have fun! They performed a Laurel and Hardy routine for the local PTA. And they put on plays in Babe's mom's store. They were very popular! They loved riding to Babe's Grandpa's house on their bikes. She says it was many miles! Customers from Babe's family store would pick them, and their bikes up, on the road and help them out with the long ride. Mom loved Babe's grandpa too.
JEAN HAWLEY
Dear John, Judy, Janet & Joyce, Your Mom was a beautiful, one-in-a-million, wonderful woman and will be dearly missed! We have such wonderful memories of Aunt Erma (and Uncle Dave)! Even though our "CA Family" lived more than half way across the country from us, your Mom and Dad had such a positive impact and influence on our lives! There was much excitement and anticipation when the Mayers' were coming to Michigan for a visit - absolutely loved our time spent with all of you and I remember many tears when it was time to say good-bye until the next time! This is a photo of Aunt Erma and her "baby brother," Charles in 1974. A couple of good looking people, wouldn't you say!
Joyce Rice
Her maternal relatives were farmers. Her mother, Marguerite lost her mother, Jennette, when she was very young, 6 years old. Marguerite's father was not able to take care of the 5 children so Marguerite was raised by her aunts. Pat's father, John and her mother were very different. He was jolly, always laughing and singing. Her mother was more reserved and quiet. They loved each other very much and had a good life together. Mom likes to sing little ditties. And then she laughs. She has a lot of her dad in her. She idolized him. She loved when he took her ice fishing in the winter...he would say…Polly Put the Kettle On…we'll have a cup of tea! Here he is in his in his Streetcar Conductor uniform. And John and Marguerite in their older years. And Grandpa holding his namesake John (our brother) and his big wonderful smile that goes on and on!
Joyce Rice
Hollywood bound!!! She left Michigan when she was 20 and headed west to Hollywood. She had a friend whose sister, Cookie, lived there and invited them to come for a visit. The friend left but Mom loved it so much that she stayed. Cookie managed an apartment complex and was able to get Mom her own apartment. There was a swimming pool in the middle of the building. Mom has lots of great stories about that phase of her life. What a time to be in Hollywood! She was awe struck! Cookie got her a job at Schwab's Pharmacy. Schwab's Pharmacy was a drugstore located at 8024 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, and was a popular hangout for movie actors and movie industry dealmakers from the 1930s through the 1950s. She was in the thick of it and loved every minute of it. She met very interesting people there. One such friend was a photographer who made several photos of her captured her beauty and glamour
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