Joyce Helene Bradner Frisbie

Joyce Helene Bradner Frisbie died Sunday, January 25, 2015 at the age of 87.  She left peacefully in her sleep at her residence in Seattle, Washington.

She was born May 12, 1927 at Providence Hospital in Seattle to Grace Gertrude Knaggs (Namie) and Charles Edward (CE) Bradner she was the middle child to brother Charles Enos and sister Florence Margery.

Joyce was married to Robert R. Frisbie for 27 years until they parted in 1974.

She attended Roosevelt High School in Port Angeles, Washington and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.  Joyce was a sister in the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, Chapter EN in Seattle, Washington. Joyce was a parishioner of St. Marks Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, Washington.

Joyce spent her life studying and celebrating Art in every form of beauty from jewelry, pottery, tapestry, rugs, glassware, furniture – really anything possessed of those special timeless ethereal qualities that captured her eye.  This joy and passion stayed with her through her journeys to Seattle, Port Angeles, Seattle, Kansas, and back to Seattle.  She always came home.

Joyce’s pursuit of eclectic beauty was her hobby, her sport, her lifelong interest, drive, and passion.  She loved to learn, never stopped reading, had no fear of asking questions or giving her opinion. She was a pinch-of-this dash-of-that gourmet’s gourmet that would try anything. Her love of cooking wonderful things provided endless delight for all fortunate enough to grace her table.  No one will ever forget being a part of those meals. She loved the Mariners, the first incarnation the Sounders and the Seahawks.

Joyce is survived by her sons David Scott Frisbie of Boise, Idaho and Brian E. Frisbie (wife Angie) of Seattle, Washington; her daughter Deborah Sue Frisbie; her granddaughters Katie Jen Frisbie Bunten (husband Matt) and Brenna G. Frisbie all of Seattle, Washington; and as life would have it, her first great grandchild is due to join us even as we celebrate her passing; her sister Florence Margery Bradner Odion of San Diego, California; and sister-in-law Willanna J. Bradner of Bellevue, Washington; and many beloved nieces, nephews and long time friends.

Predeceased by Robert R. Frisbie, April 3, 2011 and brother Charles E. Bradner, April 3, 2002.

The following excerpt from a poem was penned by Joyce, in her beautiful script, on her bathroom wall in permanent marker:

What would the world be, once bereft

Of wet and of wildness?  Let them be left,

O let them be left, wildness and wet;

Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.

…from Inversnaid by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Eclectic Bohemian Beauty

Generous Gregarious Loving

Artistic Curious Freethinker

How do you sum up a life? The act of living and loving well tells it all.