Joyce Bailey

Joyce A. Bailey, age 73, of Portland passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. 

She was born in Portland on June 5, 1950, the daughter of Harold M. “Bus” and Mary E. (Shawver) Shauver. She was married on June 25, 1994, to Steven Bailey who survives.

Joyce was a homemaker, did tax preparing, worked for Manor Monuments and was a 1968 Portland High School graduate. She also volunteered for Red Cross, serving on two deployments for Hurricane Katrina and in Iowa.

Surviving are her husband Steven; daughter Anita Evans (companion: Jason May) of Fort Recovery and a son James Bailey (wife: Amber) of San Antonio, Texas; brother Jeff Shauver of Salamonia; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Jama Bumbalough; brother Joseph Shauver; and sister Jennifer Scott.

Funeral services will be Monday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Pastor Darrell Borders presiding. Burial will follow in the Salamonia Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from noon to 2 p.m. 

Memorials can be made to the Red Cross.

Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.