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Summit Kindergarten Teacher And Short Hills Resident Passes Away
'Joy,' a former Summit and Glen Rock teacher who lived in Millburn, Point Pleasant, and Australia, lived up to her name, her obit said.
SUMMIT – Joy Mackwell Brady set an example by living up to her name, her obituary said.
The former Summit kindergarten teacher and Short Hills resident passed away at age 87 on Jan. 10. A service to celebrate her life will be held in Bay Head on Feb. 9.
Brady graduated from Pompton Lakes High School, where she was a cheerleader, and then from Bucknell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Education in 1954. She taught elementary education in Glen Rock and was a kindergarten teacher at the Oak Knoll School in Summit for many years, according to her obituary.
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She taught many art classes for children. While raising her three daughters, she earned an additional bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from Kean University.
She and her family were members of the Essex Skating Club of New Jersey, the Racquets Club in Short Hills, the Wyoming Club in Millburn, the Bay Head Yacht Club, and the Community Congregational Church in Short Hills, where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday School.
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"She filled many lifetimes into one as she had great energy and loved to do everything with everyone," her obituary read.
To read much more about Brady in Point Pleasant Patch, click here.
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