Gertrude Joyce Black

Black, Gertrude Joyce, 88, a life long resident of Wheeling, died Friday, February 15, 2002 at Wheeling Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Ellen Byrne Joyce. She was preceded in death by a sister, Anna Joyce McClure, a brother Thomas Joyce, and a nephew Tom Joyce. She is survived by her husband, Homer D. Black, three children, Mary Joyce Kemper of Reston, Virginia, Judith Black DiFazio and her husband John of Vienna, Virginia, and Brian J. Black and his wife Maureen of Wheeling, a sister in law, Grace J. Joyce of Wheeling. Three grandchildren, Kristen Kemper Maas of Germany, Robert Kemper of Arlington, Virginia, and Garrett Black of Wheeling, and three great-grandchildren, Anton and Clara Maas of Germany and Logan Kemper of Arlington, Virginia, two nieces, Sr. Ellen McClure of Mt. Olvernia, Pittsburgh, PA, and Nancy McClure Stanton of Columbia, MD. Three cousins, Sister Anne Regina O’Leary, SSJ, Catherine Thoner, and Elinor Byrne all of Wheeling. She was President of the Wheeling Jesuit University Charter Guild, a charter member and founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph Auxiliary. She was a member of St. Michael Parish where she was an instructor in CCD classes, a minister of the Eucharist, and a member of Christian Mothers. She was President of The Cathedral Grade School Parent-Teachers Association, a member of the Wheeling Hospital Auxiliary, the West Virginia Heart Association, and for years was affiliated with the Seibert Law Firm. Friends will be received on Monday, February 18, 2002 at Altmeyer Funeral Home, 1400 Eoff Street, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Funeral liturgy will be celebrated on Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church, Wheeling, with the Rev. James Sobus as celebrant. Interment in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling. Interment in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph Foundation or Wheeling Jesuit University. Vigil Services will be Monday at 3:30 p.m. Christian Mothers Rosary Devotions will be Monday at 3:45 p.m.