Joyce D. (Glick) Bok

Joyce Bok, 89, of Sherwood passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday June 15, 2025 at the Gardens of Paulding. 
She was born August 27, 1935 of Olen J. and Lois (Scott) Glick in Paulding OH. 

She attended Emmett School single-room schoolhouse, later graduating Valedictorian from Sherwood Delaware High School in 1953. She then earned her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the Defiance College Cadet Program. Joyce taught a year in Sylvania, and then spent the remaining 29 years teaching for Sherwood Elementary and Mark Center Elementary for Central Local Schools.
 
Joyce was very active in the Altar Rosary Society of St. Stephen’s, The Bend, where she taught CCD. More recently, she belonged to St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Defiance, where she was a volunteer and board member for the food pantry. She had been a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Delta Zeta chapter for Key Women Educators. Joyce was a Charter Member and served as president and treasurer for the Sherwood Area Professional Women’s Club. She was also involved with the Sherwood Lion’s Club.
 
She was a compassionate, amazing, faithful servant, a beloved teacher, and fabulous mom, Maw-ma, and grandma. She loved teaching in and out of the classroom. Her hobbies included crocheting hundreds of afghans for family and friends, being an avid bowler and collector of dandelions. She loved watching wildlife out her picture window. Performing puppet shows with Puppets By Boks, and singing with her husband and children.
 
In her earlier years, she enjoyed singing, playing saxophone in the swing band with her husband and mother, playing cards with friends and family, supporting her children and grandchildren’s many activities, and watching sports on television or at the ballfield. 
Later in life, at the Garden’s she enjoyed playing bingo, doing arts and crafts, playing penny pitch and trivia, roaming the halls in her motorized scooter to chat with friends, all while connecting with former students at every turn.

Joyce is survived by her son Michael Bok (Jane Garvin) of Van Wert OH. Daughters, Suzanne (Charles) Cox of Rossford OH, Paula (Doug) DeCola of Ney OH, Barbara Burger of Fairborn OH, grandchildren; Andrea (Corey) Boldon of Cleveland OH, Bruce (Christi) Bok of Convoy OH, Elise DeCola (Matt Cooper) of Indianapolis IN, Kevin Cox (Jacqueline Adan) of San Mateo CA, Daniel (Shali) Cox of Green Springs OH, Erica DeCola (Hunter Steingass) of Bryan OH, Grace Burger of Dayton OH, Ben Burger (Madalaine Caron) of Kettering OH, great-grandchildren; Lily, Dana, Ivy Bok of Convoy OH, Allison Cox of Green Springs OH, and Augustus Burger of Kettering OH. 

She was preceded in death by her parents Olen and Lois Glick, husband H. Gene Bok, daughter Teresa Bok.

Visitation will be held from 2-8pm on Wednesday June 18th at Schaffer Funeral Home South, Lawson-Roessner Chapel (1753 S. Clinton Street) in Defiance OH, with a Vigil Service at 2pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11am Thursday June 19 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Defiance with Fr. Jason D’Souza officiating. Burial will follow at Sherwood Cemetery.
 
Memorials are suggested to the H. Gene and Joyce Bok Memorial Scholarship.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests backpacks and/or school supply donations that will be distributed to Holy Cross Catholic School, The Bryan Center for Autism, and St. Aloysius Catholic School. 

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