Regina Lynn Joyce

SOUTH PORTLAND – After a short illness, Regina Lynn Joyce received her angel wings on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023.

Although we are heartbroken, we know she was greeted by her Mom and Dad and all of those that went before her.

Everywhere Gina went she made friends, whether it was driving around her neighborhood on her electric wheelchair, being a student at the Cerebral Palsy Center, as a camper at the Pine Tree Camp in Rome, Maine, or volunteering at the Maine Mall. She made lifelong friends all over the world.

We considered her the Mayor of her neighborhood. Nothing happened on our street that she didn’t know about.

She graduated from the Cerebral Palsy Center in Portland, Maine. Although she received her education while there, she always said she just went for the social aspect.

She was a camper at Pine Tree Camp for over 20 years, spending the summers swimming, boating and enjoying the outdoors. Packing for the camping princess was always a big ordeal.

She volunteered at the Maine Mall, covering lunch shifts for many kiosk workers. She loved doing this and took pride in her job.

Gina loved to hear all about the adventures of her only niece, Melissa and her husband, Bobby, her great-nephews Joseph, Tucker and Jake and her great-niece, Katherine. She loved them all so much and was so proud of them and told everyone she met all about them.

Regina was chosen to be the Easter Seal Child for the state of Maine in 1970. Through this she traveled around the state with Governor Kenneth Curtis making public appearances. She always said this was her 15 minutes of fame.

In her later years, Gina enjoyed trips to Disney, traveling, taking coffee runs with her brother-in-law David Twombly, going out to lunch and to the movies with Judy Twombly and most especially spending time with her family, whether it be at pool parties or holiday events.

She was predeceased by her mother, Faye L. Joyce, and her father, John M. Joyce; aunts and uncles, Mary and Lefty Griffin, Martin (Beano) and Helen (Hayden) Joyce, Bridget and Peter Malia, Margaret and Mert Concannon; and special cousin, Martin Griffin. She was also predeceased by close family friends Jack and JoAnne Coyne and Terry and Ken Fox.

Regina is survived by her sister Katherine and her husband David Twombly of South Portland; a niece, Melissa and husband Robert Cunningham of Cumberland; three great nephews Joseph Norwood, Jake Cunningham, Tucker Norwood, and a great niece Katherine Norwood, all of Cumberland; her aunt Katherine Joyce of Portland; cousins Joyce Malia, Jeannie Malia, John Griffin and Lisa Gale. She is also survived by numerous cousins in Boston and in Ireland.

Visiting hours celebrating Regina’s life will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am at the Conroy-Tully Walker South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, prayers will be recited at 10:15 am followed by an 11:00 am Mass of Christian Burial at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Black Point Road, Scarborough, ME. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Broadway, South Portland. To view Regina’s memorial page, or to share an online condolence, please visit http://www.ConroyTullyWalker.com

In lieu of flowers,

the family asks for

donations to be made in Regina’s memory to:

Pine Tree Camp

114 Pine Tree Camp Rd.

Rome, ME 04963