{"id":6273,"date":"2023-02-18T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2023-02-20T14:45:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T14:45:27","slug":"6273","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=6273","title":{"rendered":"Joyce A. Kautz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Joyce A. Kautz \u2013 (79) \u2013 of 6003 Bonny Hill Rd., Bath, died Thursday (February 16, 2023) at her home.<\/p>\n

Born in Jersey City, NJ on January 26, 1944, she was the daughter of Kenneth & Ann (Bobownik) Downey.<\/p>\n

Joyce grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1962).\u00a0 She had been employed for a time as a Nurse\u2019s Aide at the former St. James Mercy Hospital and has resided in the Bath, NY area since 1972.<\/p>\n

She enjoyed knitting and making beautiful sweaters for family & friends.\u00a0 She also loved watching the \u201csoaps\u201d on TV — especially \u201cThe Young & The Restless\u201d and was passionate about wildlife photography.\u00a0 Joyce also had a deep love of family and always looked forward to visiting the Bobownik & Downey families.<\/p>\n

Joyce had a deep affection for animals and was especially fond of her pet yorkie, \u201cToby\u201d and feline companion, \u201cPeek-A-Boo.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to her parents, Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, Adam Kautz who died in 1998 and her sister, Elizabeth Stevenson who died in 1999.<\/p>\n

Surviving are her \u201csignificant other\u201d, David Bacon with whom she resided; her daughter, Maryanne (Joe) Sears of Midland, NC; 3 sisters, Judy (Mike) Crook of Canisteo, Kathy (Al Reynolds) Chiarelli of Hornell and Susie Cook of Painted Post, NY; her brother, Ken (Lisa Postilli) Downey of Hornell; 4 grandchildren, Alexandria \u201cAlex\u201d (Matt) Goins, Elizabeth \u201cLizzy\u201d Coulter, Adam Sears & Mya Sears; 1 great-grandson, Cameron \u201cCam\u201d Underwood; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

At Joyce\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 Private services will be held at the convenience of the family.<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n

Joyce\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her name be made to the Hornell Humane Society, 7649 Industrial Park Road, Hornell, NY 14843.<\/p>\n

To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joyce A. Kautz \u2013 (79) \u2013 of 6003 Bonny Hill Rd., Bath, died Thursday (February 16, 2023) at her home. Born in Jersey City, NJ on January 26, 1944, she was the daughter of Kenneth & Ann (Bobownik) Downey. Joyce grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1962).\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6273"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6287,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions\/6287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}