L. Joy Matteson (75), of Plymouth Ohio, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at AdventHealth Hospital, Ormond Beach, Florida.

A memorial service will be held 4:00 pm Saturday, October 12, 2019 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 740 Co Rd 415, New Smyrna Beach, FL. An additional memorial service is to be held in the Plymouth Ohio area at a date and location to be announced at later time.

Born on August 1, 1945 in Willard, Ohio, Joy was the daughter of the late Foster and Ethel Keinath of Plymouth, Ohio.

Joy was a graduate of Plymouth High School, class of 1964.  She worked for many years as skilled and efficient clerk and office manager for many companies in north central Ohio and central Florida.  Joy loved to play the piano, garden, travel, and spend time visiting with friends and family.  She shared with her husband Melvyn a devoted lifelong faith as a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Joy is preceded in death by Foster and Ethel Keinath.

She is survived by her loving and devoted husband Melvyn Matteson, daughter Melanie Harvey and her husband, Robert Harvey, of Port Orange, FL; brother Larry Keinath, of Plymouth OH; and her grandson, Gabriel Harvey.