Sept. 18,1937 – Dec. 9, 2013
Joyce Nadine (Terwilliger Kutch, van Vleet) Gardner, 76, died Dec. 9 in The Dalles.
The oldest of four daughters, she was born in Vernonia to Henry William and Melvina Montana (Rodgers) Terwilliger.
The family went on to move around the Northwest before settling in Holley, near Sweet Home, in 1950.
Joyce left the area in 1969 and lived throughout the United States for the next several years before settling in Southeast Portland in 1983.
In 2002, she and her husband, Charlie, moved to their 40 acres near Lyle, Wash. to live out their retirement years.
Joyce is survived by her sons, Kerry and wife Katherine Kutch of Ornex, France, and Ron and wife Kristi Kutch of Lakeside; sisters Cherideth Terwilliger of Lebanon, and Roberta Driscoll of Kirkland, Ariz.; and grandkids Jessica, Bernna, Ryan, Kara, Devon, Amanda and Nicolas.
She was preceded in death by husbands Gerald Kutch and Charles Gardner, son Vincent Lee Kutch; sister Deanna Fitzwater.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30 at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel, 1443 Long Street.
Final internment will be at Gilliland Cemetery.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements.
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