Kathryn Joyce Seely Richman (1928-1971)

Joyce April 1967

Kathryn Joyce Seely (known as “Joyce) is the daughter of Francis Leland “Jim” Seely and Grace Emily Thompson Seely.

Kathryn Joyce Seely and Lynn Thomas Richman are the parents of four children: Jeffrey Lynn Richman (who married
Don Peterson), Larry Leon Richman (who married Teri Lee Jackman), Joy Lynn Richman (who married Blair Jacobson), and Ricky Lynn Richman (who married Wendy Tillery).

Through her trials, Joyce came to love the Savior and His gospel. She taught us about Him and showed us through her example how to follow Him.

See the page of Joyce’s siblings.
Watch family videos on the Richman Family YouTube Channel.

Family Records

Birth, Blessing, Baptism, and Confirmation certificates
Family group sheet with photos
Pedigree chart (color, black & white)
Pedigree chart, version 2
Personal record sheet
Personal record book
Patriarchal blessing
Lynn & Joyce wedding announcement
Marriage certificate, November 22, 1948
Sealing certificate and information, November 20, 1958
Joyce and Lynn completed the Senior Aaronic Priesthood School. Certificates dated February 23, 1959.
See the record about Joyce in the 1950 United States Federal Census. At that time, she was 21 years old, married to Lynn, lived in apartment 164 at 620 West Temple in Salt Lake City, and that week worked 42 hours as a sales clerk in a Five and Ten Store.
Obituaries: Box Elder News Journal, another, and others
Funeral program
Doctor’s letter cause of death

Stories

Life sketch of Katheryn Joyce Seely by Joy Lynn Richman Jacobson
Biography of Katheryn Joyce Seely from the book John Ernest Thompson and His Family compiled and edited by Kenneth Joseph Goates, pages 344-358
Biography by Jimmy Seely, written December 1996
In April 1939, Joyce was run over by a car. Read the story on page 2 of the biography by Jimmy. Read notes that her school classmates sent to her.
Letter to Lynn about Joyce from her sister Karen
Where did Joyce grow up?
A Day I’ll Always Remember by Larry Richman
Beehive House. In 1920, the Beehive House became a boarding house for young women around 18–25 years old. Leaders in the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA) recognized that more young women were moving to Salt Lake City in search of employment and education. They converted the Beehive House into a boarding house to provide “wholesome and appropriate” housing accommodations for these women. The Beehive House remained a boarding house until 1959. Comments by Jim Seely: “Joyce and also her younger sister Gwendoyln Seely Goates lived there. We moved to the 7th South house on my 4th birthday (July 6, 1942), and I remembered that Kent and I slept on the main floor in the room next where Mom and Dad Slept. And Glen & Lee were in the upstairs bedrooms on the West side of the house. And Karen & Gwen were upstairs on the East side, but I couldn’t remember Joyce ever living there. She went to BYU after High School and then moved to Salt Lake City and lived in the Beehive House. Your Dad got married in Nov 1948, so that is probably where she was when they got married. After they got married, they lived at the Seely Motel for a while (cabin #2) and then moved to Salt Lake City. They moved back when Jeff was still a toddler and your Dad took over running the grocery story (Lynn’s Market).”
Beehive House

Photos

Childhood

Joyce, her mother Grace, Glen

Joyce Seely (4 years old) and her brother Glen (3 years old)

Joyce’s school photo

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Joyce, 14 years old, about 1942

Joyce, 1946

Joyce silhouette made in the Summer of 1946 at The Steak House

Joyce fishing

High School

See Joyce’s yearbook pictures

See yearbooks for Sophomore 1944, Junior 1945, and Senior 1946 (see page from Lynn’s yearbook.

See Joyce’s seminary graduation program

Freshman Year, 1942-43

Joyce, 1945

Joyce and high school friends senior year (1945-46), March 1946: Gloria Hansen, Ruth Stotter, Charlene Wight, Joyce

Joyce and high school friends senior year (1945-46), March 1946

Joyce and high school friends

Joyce and high school friends. (Joyce on left)

Joyce and high school friends. (Joyce front center)

Joyce with friends

Joyce with a friend, March 1, 1946

Joyce with friends

Joyce at Bear Lake with friends (Joyce is far right)

Joyce at Bear Lake with friends. Left to right: Joyce, Ruth, Charlene, Gloria.

Joyce at Bear Lake with friends. (Joyce is far left)

Joyce at Bear Lake with friends (Joyce is far left)

Joyce at Bear Lake with friends (Joyce is 2nd from right)

Joyce at Bear Lake with friends (Joyce is far right)

Joyce at Bear Lake with friends (pajamas rolled up)

Box Elder High School football team 1946-47

Joyce’s high school reunion (year unknown)

Joyce’s 15-year high school reunion in Aug 1961

Adult

Joyce, 1946

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Joyce, age 19 (about 1947)

Boston and Joyce

Reta, Joyce, and Boston

Reta, Lynn, and Boston

Reta and Joyce

Joyce Seely and Mary Story at Church Office Building in Salt Lake City, 1949

Joyce and 1929 Chevy Roadster (Lynn’s first car, purchased for $150)

Joyce and Lynn with 1929 Chevy Roadster

Joyce with Lynn’s first new car, a 1949 Dodge Wayfair coupe

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Joyce, 1961

Gwen and Joyce at the Seely Motel

Grace, Joyce, Gwen, Karen

Grace, Joyce, Gwen, Lee, Kent, Jimmy, Karen

Jim, Joyce, Grace, Gwen, Kent, Jimmy

Joyce, Jimmy, Lee, Gwen, Karen

Joyce 1

Joyce, 1964

Joyce April 1967

Joyce, April 1967

Joyce & Lynn

Joyce and Lynn 1946

Joyce and Lynn 1946

Joyce and Lynn 1946

Joyce and Lynn 1946

Joyce and Lynn 1946

Joyce and Lynn 1946

Joyce and Lynn 1946

Joyce and Lynn 1946

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Joyce and Lynn 1946

Lynn & Joyce about 1948

Postcard from honeymoon motel in Las Vegas, 1948

Lynn and Joyce in Reno, Nevada

Joyce Lynn 1

Lynn and Joyce at the Seely’s home

Joyce Lynn 2

Lynn and Joyce at Reta's and Paul's house

Lynn and Joyce at Reta and Paul’s house

Lynn, Joyce, Glen, Jeannie at the Tropicana in Las Vegas on July 24, 1965

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Joyce and Lynn cruise to Hawaii in March 1966

Joyce and Lynn cruise in March 1966

Lynn Joyce at dinner

Lynn & Joyce, April or December 1967

August 1968

Joyce and Lynn in front of Seely’s home

Family

Joyce, Jeff, Lynn in front of Boston’s home

Lynn, Jeff, Joyce, Larry, December 1955

Joyce, Lynn, Jeff Larry

Larry,
Lynn, Joy

Larry, Lynn, Joy

Lynn, Larry, Joy 1959

Lynn, Jeff, Larry, Joy, Joyce, 1959 (or Dec 1960)

Richman family, Christmas 1962

Family in front of Seely’s house

Joy and Rick in front of Seely’s house

Jeff, Joy, Grace, Rick, Larry

Family in front of Seely’s house

Boston, Jeff, Rick, Joyce, Joy, Lynn

Jeff, Joyce, Lynn, Joy, Rick in Brigham City (Boston’s neighbor’s house in background)

Lynn, Joyce, Joy, Rick in May 1966

Lynn & Family, March 30, 1969

Rick and his mother, Joyce, March 30, 1969

Larry and his mother, Joyce

Joyce and kids (Larry, Rick, Joy)

Lynn, Jeff, Joyce at the Redwoods

Lynn, Joy, Joyce

At Salt Lake house

Larry, Jeff, Joyce

Boston, Joyce, Jeff, Lynn hiking

Lynn, Joy, Rick, Jeff, March 1969

Joy, Larry, Joyce, and Rick Richman in Boise

Lynn & Family, March 30, 1969

Jeff with his parents, Joyce and Lynn, when he received is Eagle Scout award

Lynn Richman family at Reta’s house

Jeff, Lynn, Joyce Richman

Joyce, Jeff, Lynn at Jeff’s high school graduation

Joyce, Reta, Boston

Jeff, Joyce, Joy, Reta at the Paradise Cemetery

Family at cemetery in Paradise, UT

Joyce, 1964

Joyce, Jeanie, Karen

Joyce and Jeannie

Joyce 6

Joyce Christmas tree

Joyce and Francis Leland (“Jim”), December 1965

Joyce, Karen, Jimmy, December 1965

Joyce and Jimmy, March 1969

Joyce, Jimmy, Karen, Jim

Joyce, Jim, Grace, May 1966

Joyce and Jim, May 1966

Karen, Gwen, Joyce, Jimmy, September 1966

Boston, Joyce, and Lynn

Glade & Grace Harrison, Joyce, Peggy Godfrey, December 1966

Peggy Godfrey, Joyce, Grace Harrison, December 1966

Muriel, Gwen, Joyce, Jeannie, birthday party, April 19 or 22, 1967

Muriel, Gwen, Joyce, Jeannie, birthday party, April 22, 1967

Joyce and Seelys, birthday party, April 22, 1967

Joyce and Lynn at Jim Seely’s retirement party

Seely clan, March 1968, Left to right: Joyce, Gwen, Glen, Leland (Jim), Kent, Grace, Jimmy, Karen, Lee

Seely & Richman families

Seely and Richman families. Left to right (back row): Larry, Leland, Grace, Muriel, Lee, Joyce, Jeff, Jim, Boston; (front row): Rick, Joy, Richy

Seely and Richman families in Brigham City (outside the Seely home). Left to right (back row): Grace, Larry, Glen, Leland, Joyce, Ken, Gwen, Karen, Brandy, Jim; (front row): Joy, Linda, Mike, Rick, Kathy

Joyce and her parents, Leland and Grace

Boston, Lynn, Joyce

Paul, Reta, and Joyce

Reta and Joyce

Boston, Grace, Joyce, Leland (“Jim”)

Lynn, Joyce, Leland, Joy, Grace at the Salt Lake house

Joyce and Boston at Granger home

Jimmy, Joyce, Lynn, Karen, Francis Leland

Joyce in front of Boise home

Joyce at Thanksgiving

Hawaii trips: Lynn and Joyce took a trip in 1966, including a 5-day cruise on a
Madsen Lines luxury ship. Read a letter Lynn wrote to his mother, Boston, dated June 17, 1966.

Family Christmas Program in 1970

Headstone for Kathryn Joyce Seely Richman and Lynn Richman at the cemetery in Brigham City, Utah

Jeff, Rick, Joy, Larry Richman at graveside of Kathryn Joyce Seely Richman

Videos

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Memories of Kathryn Joyce Seely. In the video above, Joyce’s brother Glen Seely and her sister Gwen Seely Goates relate their memories of their sister Kathryn Joyce Seely Richman. Recorded July 8, 1996.