generations celebrate Joyce’s 93rd

When Joyce Mueller turned 90 in 2020, the family was unable to celebrate with her due to COVID-19 restrictions.

However, they made up for it when five generations travelled from Sydney, Queensland and Canberra to join local family members in marking her 93rd birthday in style with a huge family gathering at Diggers Ettalong recently.

Born at Revesby in March 1930, Joyce was one of 15 children.

Joyce enjoyed many happy times there, sharing her great love of fishing for flatheads from the beach and jewfish and catching buckets of crabs with her grandchildren during holidays.

She was always up for a glass or two of her favourite drop of Passion Pop.

When her husband died in 1997, Joyce sold up and moved to Central Coast to be close to family.

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After the war she met a young man, Ludwig Mueller, and they married in 1958.

The couple moved to Queanbeyan, where Joyce did dressmaking and alterations for many years before becoming head of haberdashery for JB Youngs, then Grace Bros department store.

Her avid love of flowers and plants has seen her win Garden of the Year awards many times.

When they retired, the Muellers built a new home in Shoal Bay, Port Stephens.

She now lives in a retirement village with her pet water dragon Dion, who lives in her pot plant and enjoys being fed blueberries.

Lorikeets also visit daily for their dinner.

Joyce still has a great love for her plants and garden and helps her neighbours with theirs.

“Joy, as her name suggests, is what she brings to everyone who meets and loves her,” granddaughter Linda Kennedy said.