Joyce Marie (Baldwin) Peck

Please consider donating to Joyce's favorite charities in lieu of sending flowers:

https://wish.org/get-involved

https://donate.cancer.org/?campaign=honormemorialmedia&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaignid=11361949398&utm_adgroupid=117026193771&utm_keyword=american%20cancer%20society&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw2Je1BhAgEiwAp3KY744YbwoZyHpPyJcffsTKHDUtvIxFCwN-NqF3VvxqHxcC_zjt0loarhoCRHYQAvD_BwE

https://www.kidney.org/get-involved#give

Joyce Marie Peck was a loving wife, mother, sister, and friend who passed away on July 25, 2024 at the age of 74 following a brief, but courageous, cancer battle.

Joyce was born on March 6, 1950 in Oakland, CA and raised nearby in San Leandro, CA. After graduating from St. Elizabeth High School, she moved south to Santa Barbara where she attended UCSB and dormed with three other Gauchos that would become her lifelong friends (her kids often referred to them as “the four pack”).

In 1972 Joyce graduated from UCSB with degrees in Social Science and French and moved further south to Los Angeles where she pursued a Master’s in Social Work at the University of Southern California.  It was during that time that Joyce met her future husband, Terry. Rumor has it that she caught his eye whilst dancing on tables, but there are only a few people who will ever really know what sparked the pair’s first conversation. In 1977 Joyce graduated from USC and Terry and Joyce married one month later.

In 1979  Joyce made one last move south when she and Terry bought their first home in Santa Ana, CA, close to where they first met.  Initially the plan was to stay in the house short term, but four decades later it was clear that Joyce loved being in the one home for so long because she had moved so frequently during her youth.

Early in her career Joyce worked at Children’s Home Society where she supported families in the adoption process and developed enduring friendships with several of her colleagues. In 1985 she began her work as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, CA where she worked in various clinical areas. During her tenure at the hospital, she continued to establish deep friendships with many of her coworkers that extended far past her retirement from St. Joseph Hospital in 2016.

Throughout her time Joyce positively impacted the lives of others whether it be as a social worker, a friend, a volunteer, or a family member.  She was known to have a shoulder to cry on, as the person who would always join in on a celebration (especially if wine was involved), as an avid sports fan (she loved her Spring training trips to Arizona), a lover of travel (especially to the ancestral home in France) and a fiercely independent woman who would do anything for her kids (that were born in three different decades). As her children found their significant others, she welcomed them with open arms and went to great lengths to make sure they knew they were “one of the kids.”

Joyce is survived by her devoted husband of 47 years, Terry; her three loving children, Danielle (Tyrone) Philipson, Robert (Jennifer) Peck, and Christopher (Mary) Peck, and her half-sister Georgeanne Polk.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Joyce Marie (Baldwin) Peck, please visit our floral store.