Born at home (45 Gipps St Carrington) on 18 November, 1929......
Last residence : 1a Rawson St Mayfield
BDM NSW REG #13433/1946 (marriage) "KEARNS VICTOR LIONEL/EVANS JOY" at NEWCASTLE -returns 27 APR 1946
RYERSON INDEX : Funeral Notice : Death - 15FEB2012 aged 82 -late of Mayfield -[Newcastle Herald
17FEB2012 and 18FEB2012]
Joy attended Tighes Hill Public School from 1934 to 1941 and
Newcastle High School from 1942 to 1945
Tighes Hill Public School:
REMEMBERING BACK:
Joy's own words, taken from a larger piece of her writing :
TEENAGE YEARS :
Older sister Fay and Joy
Married in Congregational Church - Brown Street, Newcastle by the Rev D Davies on 27 April, 1946
Divorced on 16th December, 1965 at Newcastle Supreme Court
Joy and Vic early in their marriage
Joy and Vic started their married life living in a coal shed in the backyard of her aunty
Mary's(Nennie) house in Gipps Street, Carrington.
They later moved into a proper house in Young Street, Carrington.
Next move was to 111 Jenner Parade, Hamilton South.
After marrying Joy was blessed with 7 children :
Victor, Barry, Glynis, Darrel, Graham, Neil and John
Following photo taken in 1961 before Joy and her young gang joined Vic Kearns in Perth, WA for a
"new" start after rocky times in their marriage.
Victor, Darrel, Elsie, Glynis, Graham, Barry, Henry, Neil, Joy and John
They lived at 66 Mars Street, Carlise.
The problems in the marriage continued and Joy eventually after 2 years fled with her kids back
to Newcastle, NSW.
Joy and the kids were split up for a short while with some living with her sister Fay's family at
Windale.
Vic, followed Joy back to Newcastle and after a time Joy agreed to a reconciliation with Vic.
They lived at 41 Dumaresq Street, Hamilton South.
However, Vics problems with alcohol and gambling only got worse and acts of violence on his
part put an end to the marriage for good.
Joy was left to do almost all the parenting of her 7 children with her husband Vic having serious
alcohol and gambling addictions, and her marriage ended in divorce in 1965.
On a positive note, after the divorce Vic started attending AA and managed successfully to beat
his alcohol addiction.
This photo was taken at 17 Gordon Street, Mayfield where Joy lived with her children after the
divorce.
Her parents, Henry and Elsie, living around the street at 9 Windeyer Street Mayfield, provided
wonderful backup support.
Neil, Graham, Joy, Barry, Darrel, John, Glynis and Victor
Taken 13 Nov 1982 at Neil and Margaret's wedding showing Vic and Joy's children :
Darrel (30), Glynis(31), John (22), (Joy), Neil (25), (Margaret), (Vic), Barry (33), Graham (27), and Victor(35) :
Joy, somewhat excited to see her grandkids, Tristan and Alana, after they unexpectantly
returned early from a trip to the Philippines:
1929 - 2012 (82 years) 
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