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Joyce Bogenschutz Workens

Joyce Bogenschutz Workens, 75, of Charlotte, N.C..formerly of Jackson Avenue West Ellicott, N.Y., passed away Thursday, May 16, 2019. at White Oak Manor Nursing Home, Waxhaw, N.C. She was a native of the Jamestown area.

She was born Jan. 26, 1944. in Jamestown, N.Y., the daughter of the late Ernest and Margaret Pickard Bogenschutz.

Joyce graduated from Bemus Point High School. One of her favorite activities was roller skating at Midway Park with her many friends. She also enjoyed golfing, reading, traveling with her mother to North Carolina to visit her children and grandchildren. She also enjoyed traveling with a group of her close friends.

She was a former member of St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, Bemus Point, N.Y.

Joyce had a special family, her first son, Scott (Marisa) Rogers and their daughters: Ellie and Riley Rogers, and her second son, Craig (Mandy) Rogers and their son, Tyler Rogers, both families reside in Charlotte, N.C.; and one sister, Helen (William) Waite, of Reno, Nev. Joyce liked visiting her sister and playing slot machines and petting the wild Mustangs that visited her sister’s yard. She is also survived by her cousins: Carl (Katherine) Calimeri and Robert (Laurel) Calimeri and their families.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her second husband, Frank Workens.

Friends may call at Powers, Present & Sixbey Funeral Home, 316 E. Fifth St., Jamestown, N.Y., on Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. A service will follow at 1 p.m. The Rev. Daniel Rumfelt, chaplain of Lutheran Social Services will officiate.

Burial will be in Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.

To light a candle or to send condolences to Joyce’s family visit www.presentsixbeyfuneral.com

In lieu of flowers, family requests donations be made to a charity of one’s choice.