Joyce was born in Enfield, Connecticut to Raymond and Bertha Dineen.
She graduated in 1953 from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in microbiology. In 1954, Joyce moved to Berkeley, California where she began working at a Naval Lab in Oakland and then at the Steinhaus Lab at UC Berkeley. Joyce was married for 61 years to her husband John (Jake) Anderson. They lived in Albany, California and raised three children.
She leaves behind Jake, Eric (Janet) Anderson, Brett (Gary) Demos, Shea Anderson, grandchildren Max, Hannah, Lauren, and Sophie and her brother Jack Dineen.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
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