Joyce D. (Swanson) Fraser, age 94, was called to heaven Friday August 20, 2022 in Round Rock Texas. She was born in New Era, Michigan  to Arnold and Olive (VanderVen) Swanson on August 11, 1928.

After attending Michigan State University, where she met her future husband Raymond Fraser, she became an elementary school teacher, teaching in the L’Anse Creuse school district of Harrison Township, Michigan.  The family moved from  Mt. Clemens Michigan to Mears, Michigan, where Joyce taught school at Elbridge Elementary School and later Golden Elementary school in Mears. She retired in 1986 and moved to Spring Lake in 1999. In 2019 she moved to Round Rock, Texas. She enjoyed spending time with family, reading the Bible, sewing and quilting.

She is survived by her: three sons, David ( Shirley) Fraser, Rodney ( Sherri ) Fraser and Steven ( Cathy ) Fraser; 8 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by: her parents Arnold and Olive; her loving husband of 51 years Raymond Fraser; sisters, Phyllis Gowell and Marilyn Matthews; brother, Vernor Swanson. 

Memorial Services will be conducted this fall.  She will be laid to rest in New Era Cemetery.  

The Harris Funeral Home, in Shelby is in charge of arrangements.

www.harrisfhome.com