Joyce Ann (Sudol) Berchik

Coitsville Township,    Joyce  Ann  Berchik, 83

Joyce Ann  Berchik, 83, died peacefully in her recliner on January 9, 2025, at Aventura Assumption Village  from a long battle with breast cancer and heart issues. 
Joyce was born  in Youngstown, OH on September 27th 1941, the Daughter of  the late Joseph and Nora (Joyce) Sudol.
She attended  St. Ann Catholic Grade School and graduated from Ursuline High School. Joyce worked at the Strouss Department Store in downtown Youngstown and later as a Receptionist for Dr. JR Malkoff, DDS. Joyce was a member at Christ Our Savior Parish. She  loved to vacation in Myrtle Beach every year with her husband. She loved cats, especially her cat, O'Riley, whom she lost in 2022. She also enjoyed watching her outdoor cats play outside. Joyce loved her Irish Heritage, she was so proud of that. Joyce worried about everyone, even people that she just met. She was a very kind, caring and spiritual person.
Her greatest accomplishment in life was raising her daughter and son. She was so very proud of them.

Joyce leaves her Dear daughter, Laurie (Michael)  Krulich in Macedonia, Ohio her Dear son, Andrew T. (Cynthia) Berchik in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, a sister -in- law, Patricia (Frits) Meijer in Pasadena Maryland and her God Son, Raymond (Lori) Calcagni from Struthers, OH.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by the love of her life her husband, Andrew J. Berchik, Jr., whom she married on September 30, 1961, he died on June 23, 2018, her  brother, Charles (Rosemary) Sudol, and two sisters, Dorothy Sudol, and  Mary Lou Donarummo (Sudol)
She also leaves behind many cousins, friends and neighbors that she truly loved.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 11 Am at Christ Our  Savior Parish, Holy Trinity Church. The burial will take place in St. John Cemetery.
 
In lieu of masses or flowers the family requests donations be made in her memory to either:
Angels for Animals
4750 West South Range Road
Canfield, OH 44406
             or
The Susan G Komen fund for the cure of Breast Cancer

The family would like to express their heartfelt appreciation to all of her family, friends, and neighbors, for all of their help and support over the last six years.
They would also like to thank Hospice of the Valley and Assumption Village for the care and compassion they gave their mother over the past 4 weeks

Arrangements are with the Kirila Funeral Home, Inc., in Struthers
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