{"id":171607,"date":"2026-04-21T07:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171607\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:14:08","slug":"joyce-e-ham-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171607\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyce E. Ham \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tJoyce E. Ham \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Joyce E. Ham, 83, of Scott Township, Pa., passed away suddenly on April 14, 2026, while enjoying a long-overdue vacation in Las Vegas and California with family.<\/p>\n<p>\nBorn in Peckville, Pa., Joyce was a graduate of Lakeland High School. She married and relocated to New Jersey, where she and her husband, Rendal Ham Jr., raised three daughters. She worked as a legal secretary, homemaker, and Avon representative before starting a successful crafting business, Lasting Impressions, with her beloved twin sister.<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter the passing of her husband, Joyce returned to her childhood home, where she spent her later years at the lake, her favorite place on earth. She was an active member of several social clubs and cherished the friendships she made through them.<\/p>\n<p>\nJoyce was preceded in death by her parents, William and Shirley Thomas; her husband, Rendal Ham Jr.; and her identical twin sister, June Rovinsky (Raymond).<\/p>\n<p>\nShe is survived by her brother, William Thomas Jr.; her three daughters, Kim Zagorski (Steven), Jodi Ham, and Cindy Ham (Ken Kievit); her three grandchildren, Natalie Zagorski, William Zagorski, and Remy Kievit; and many extended family members.<\/p>\n<p>\nA celebration of life will be held this summer. Her ashes will be laid to rest at Valley View Memorial Park Cemetery in Montdale, Pa.<\/p>\n<p>\nArrangements by Robert E. Decker Funeral Home, Peckville. Friends and family can share memories and online condolences for the family by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rdeckerfh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.rdeckerfh.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nJoyce E. Ham<\/p>\n<p>\nApril 14, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joyce E. Ham OBITUARY Joyce E. Ham, 83, of Scott Township, Pa., passed away suddenly on April 14,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-171607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}