Joyce Marlene Keicher Allen

BURLEY – Joyce Marlene Keicher Allen, 78, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Burley, Idaho.

She was born Oct. 28, 1936, in Declo, Idaho, at the family home, to Frank Keicher and Lillian Doebele Keicher. Joyce attended schools in Heyburn and graduated from Heyburn High School in 1955. She then attended St. Mary’s College in Salt Lake City, Utah, for one year before moving to Los Angeles, California.

She spent her life working for the Los Angeles School District as a secretary. Joyce worked part time at the Hollywood Palladium during the 1960s and the early 1970s. She loved telling stories about the celebrities and entertainers that she met. After retirement, Joyce moved back to the Mini-Cassia area to be close to her brother, Dee Keicher, and his family. She always enjoyed playing cards and loved attending church functions. She attended Mass at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Rupert and St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Church in Burley.

Joyce is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Dee and Jane Keicher, her two nieces, Jeri (Ron) Bosley, and Jeanne Kerbs; and her nephew, Kelly (Angie) Keicher. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Lillian Keicher.

A vigil service with recitation of the holy rosary will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Church, 1601 Oakley Ave., in Burley.

The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, also at St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Church with the Rev. Father Julio Vincente as celebrant. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Burley.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, friends donate to St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Church in Burley.

Joyce’s family would like to thank Dr. Jeffery Swenson and his nurse, Christy, for their compassion and kindness the past several years.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Rasmussen Funeral Home of Burley.