Gansevoort – Bruce B. Joiner, 58, of Gansevoort, passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, July 12, 2014.
Born on October 1, 1955, in Glens Falls, he was the son of Irma (Blackmer) Joiner of South Glens Falls and the late Claude Joiner.
Bruce was a graduate of Queensbury High School.
He served in the United States Army in Alaska. He then served 20 years in the Army National Guard. He was proud to receive the National Defense Service Medal.
Bruce married Wanda Wood on June 1, 1988, in Gansevoort.
He worked for the New York State Thruway and Canal Corporation as a lock tender at Lock 3 in Mechanicville for over 25 years.
Bruce was a member of the Adirondack Christian Fellowship and enjoyed hunting and was a diehard Yankee fan. Bruce Joiner was proud of two things, serving his country, which he loved, and most of all his beloved grandchildren.
In addition to his father, he is predeceased by his mother in law Mabel Wood and his father in law, Clarence Wood.
Bruce is survived by his loving wife, Wanda (Wood) Joiner of Gansevoort; his mother, Irma Joiner of South Glens Falls; his three daughters, Starr Slingerland and her husband, James of Queensbury, Kelli Hufstetler and her husband, Shannon of Gansevoort and Megan Dean of Kingsbury; his grandchildren, Logan Darrah, Amira Almontaser, Jerome Slingerland and Travis and Tyler Fitzgerald; his sister, Leslie Baxter and her husband Chris of South Glens Falls; his brother Larry joiner of Plattsburgh; his sister Dawn Joiner of Troy; his sisters in law, Donna Sherrange of Corinth, Doris Hoag of Gansevoort; and several special nieces and nephews to whom he was very close.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Carleton Funeral Home, inc., 68 Main St., Hudson Falls.
A funeral service will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home with Pastor Rick Cohen, pastor of the Adirondack Christian Fellowship, officiating.
Burial, with full military honors will take place at 2 P.M. Friday at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga national Veteran’s Cemetery in the town of Stillwater.
Bruce’s family suggests that memorial donations in his memory be made to any local adopt a soldier organization.
