R.I.P. Joyce Linton
Thanks to Art Bryan Manabat, a member of the schola I used to lead at the Saturday afternoon Extraordinary-Form Masses at Holy Innocents Church in midtown Manhattan, for bringing to my attention the death of one of our ad-hoc choristers, Joyce Linton, the “lady with the voice”. Her funeral Mass, celebrated as an Extraordinary-Form missa cantata, took place on January 9.
Joyce Linton
Joyce would occasionally attend the Saturday afternoon Masses and chant devotional hymns with the other women in the choir, and all of the Mass Ordinary and responses with the full choir. I didn’t know her very well (in fact, I didn’t even know her last name until Art mentioned it to me last night), but having had a couple of meals with her and the other choristers after said Masses, one could tell that she was a strong woman.
Andrew Cusack has a more fitting tribute to her on his blog. Go read, and in your charity, say a prayer for the repose of her soul. Requiéscat in pace.
Tempus fugit. Memento mori.
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Thank you so much for your very well put memories of my best friend Joyce. We met in the 7th grade and stayed close ever since. I think you captured her spirit, faith and charming ( and sometime eccentric) personality so well. Like you, Joyce and I sometimes disagreed but she always inspired intellectual challenge. It was evident at her funeral that she had a great impact on many people and managed to make all feel quite singular in her affections. I will so miss my good friend. Sincerely, Beth Morrison Santini