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Joyce Elizabeth (Fillmore) Lambertson, 86, of Abbottstown, beloved wife, mother, grandma and great grandma, stepped from this earth and graduated into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday evening, December 30, 2022. She was the loving wife of Milton David Lambertson.

Born August 11, 1936 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, she was a daughter of the late C. Raymond and Vera L. (Bremner) Fillmore. Her family later moved to Robie St. in Truro, Nova Scotia where she spent all her childhood years.

After graduating high school there, Joyce attended New Brunswick Bible Institute (Canada) followed by Trinity College in Clearwater, Florida where she studied organ.

It was during the years attending Trinity College that she met her husband-to-be, Milton D. Lambertson. They were married on June 2, 1961 back at Joyce's home church - The People's Church - in Truro, Nova Scotia. This past June, Milton and Joyce celebrated 61 years of marriage. They were blessed with two children... a son Daniel and a daughter Kimberly.

Shortly after their college years, Milton and Joyce along with their children followed the Lord's call in Christian ministry through serving churches in Florida, Georgia, New Brunswick (Canada), Pennsylvania, Aruba and Maryland. The past 40 years have been spent primarily in the southern PA and northern MD area. In addition to their Christian ministry, they had the opportunity of traveling together to Australia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Joyce was exceptionally gifted by the Lord with musical ability, especially as an organist. She first recorded an album as organist with her father as the vocalist. This was later followed by the recording of a solo organ concert CD titled "Organ Praises". For more than fifty years, she served as organist with a number of churches, most recently with Bark Hill Bible Church (Union Bridge, MD) as well as playing for other special events.

Milton and Joyce have lived at the Pine Run Retirement Community in Abbottstown, PA for the past 17 years.

Though she will be dearly missed here, she has been reunited with her Lord and many loved ones who have been called to their eternal heavenly home.

In addition to her husband, Joyce is survived by a son, Daniel Mark Lambertson and his wife Selena of Waterboro, ME; a daughter, Kimberly Lynn Wandel and her husband Mark of Summerville, SC; a sister, Norma Lillian Sponagle of Berwick, Nova Scotia; a brother, Robert Stephen Fillmore of Bellmont, Nova Scotia; a sister-in-law, Helen Fillmore of Debert, Nova Scotia; seven grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and many loving extended family members and dear friends.

In addition to her parents, Joyce was preceded in death by her brother, Ronald Charles Fillmore.

A service to celebrate the life of Joyce will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 6, 2023, at the Wetzel Funeral Home and Crematory, 549 Carlisle St., Hanover, PA with Pastor Gary G. Dull officiating. A time to share memories with the family will be on Friday from 10:30 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. Burial will be at 1 p.m. in Dillsburg Cemetery, Mountain Road Dillsburg, PA 17019.

For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to Way of Truth Ministries, 315 40th Street Altoona, PA 16602.

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