Joyce Ward attended the High School of Dundee from 1945 until 1951, along with her sister Muriel. Throughout her time at the School, Joyce immersed herself in many activities including tennis
and hockey as well as being a member of the Literary Society and the Girl Guides.
Upon leaving the School, she went on to study at Edinburgh College of Domestic Science, where she obtained her IMA Diploma in Institutional Management in 1955. Her educational endeavours did not stop there however. In 1987, she left Dundee College with her HNC in Management and come 1995 she had gained her HNC in Social Care & Management at Clydebank College.
In between her studies, Joyce met and later married Gerald Ward, with whom she went on to have a family with.
Survived by her six children, Joyce is very dearly missed by all of those who had the pleasure of knowing her.
