Joyce Marie Forbes, age 66, left this earth on June 14, 2021, at the Morton County Hospital in Elkhart, Kansas.  She was born March 30, 1955, in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Anna and Obert Bryant. 

In her teenage years, she moved to Elkhart, Kansas, where she met Vince Forbes and they were married May 25, 1974.  Joyce’s love and passion was to take her cruises. She was always planning her next one and where to go.

She is survived by her husband, Vince of their home; sister, Martha Bryant of Elkhart; three daughters, Tammy Cayouette and husband Jim of Coventry, Rhode Island, Dawn Forbes of Monett, Missouri, and Tegan Matthews of Garden City, Kansas; six grandkids, Nicole Cayouette and fiancé Derek Lombardo of Coventry, Rhode Island, Jordan and Holly Cayouette of Coventry, Rhode Island, Bryan Forbes and wife Kalyn of Woodward, Oklahoma; Jeremy Forbes and wife Sabrina of Lincoln, Nebraska, Jeana Hobbs of Woodward, Oklahoma, and Anna York of Monett, Missouri; five great-grandchildren, Wyatt Cayouette of Coventry, Rhode Island,  Paisley and Beau Forbes of Woodward, Oklahoma, and Scarlett and Roselyn Forbes of Lincoln, Nebraska. 

Vigil Service will be Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 7:00 PM and Funeral Mass will be Friday, June 18, 2021, at 10:00 AM both at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Elkhart, Kansas, with Reverend Francis Khoi Nguyen officiating. Interment will follow at Elkhart Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given to the Knights of Columbus in care of Garnand Funeral Home, PO Box 854, Elkhart, KS  67950.  Condolences may be posted at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com.