Joy Palmer Susie Joy Button Palmer, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend died Aug. 7, 2022, at her daughter’s home in Mesa. She was born Aug. 11, 1933, in Fredonia. She was the sixth of seven children born to Ralph M. Button and Susannah Dobson. She married her sweetheart Kenneth Van Palmer in the St George temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Aug. 21, 1953. Joy attended Northern Arizona University where she received her bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Joy taught school in the Holbrook school system for 30-plus years. She spent her life serving others in her family, community, and in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is survived by her children, David (Peggy) Palmer, Susan Jenkins, Tammie (Duane) Burt, Melodie (John [deceased]) Burbank and Randy Kent (Barbara[deceased]) Palmer. She also had many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild with a total posterity of 117. A public visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, with interment at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Mesa City Cemetery Saturday, followed by the funeral service at 1 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 1430 N. Grand Mesa in Phoenix. To view the funeral service online please view this link: Funeral For Susie Joy Button Palmer<https://zoom.us/j/91656384627>. If the link does not work directly, then you can also go to https://zoom.us/join and input meeting ID: 916 5638 4627. If you are using the Zoom app click “Join a Meeting” and input meeting ID: 916 5638 4627. You will then be asked to provide your name and email address. Owens Livingston Mortuary of Holbrook handled the arrangements.
