Résumé

Military service, US Army, Japan, c. 1956. His obituary in the Arizona Daily Star.com stated: "He served in the Army in Japan and his travels there helped shape his modernist aesthetic." (See Arizona Daily Star.com, "Clayton R. Joyce," published 08/03/2023, accessed 08/14/2023.)

Draftsman, McCool, Morgan and Associates, Seattle, WA, 1958.

Draftsman, Ralph Anderson, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1960. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1960, p. 857.)

Partner, Joyce / Copeland / Vaughan / Nordfors, Architects, Seattle, WA, c. 1970-1980.

Principal, Robert Joyce, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1980-1998.

Principal, Clayton R. Joyce, Architects, 1998- c. 2014. In Tucson, Joyce developed a practice, "...designing custom luxury homes and the Center for Neurosciences. He also served as an adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Arizona School of Architecture." (See Arizona Daily Star.com, "Clayton R. Joyce," published 08/03/2023, accessed 08/14/2023.) The Center of Neurosciences was located at 2450 E River Rd, Tucson, AZ 85718.

Teaching

Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Arizona, School of Architecture, Tucson, AZ.

College

B.Arch., University of Washington, Seattle, (UW), Seattle, WA.

Relocation

Joyce's family moved about a fair amount during his early years living in rented dwellings. Within a few months after Clayton R. Joyce's birth, his parents lived at 3254 15th Avenue South in in Seattle, WA's West Seattle neighborhood. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives; Elk Grove Village, Illinois; Congregational Records, accessed 09/28/2021.) The next year, the Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1936, (p. 832), indicated that they had another apartment in West Seattle at 5206 California Avenue, Apartment #3, Five years later, he lived with his parents, brother and paternal grandmother Ida Iverson Joyce (born c. 1876 in SD) in a rented dwelling at 3933 Sunnyside Avenue in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1940, p. 882.) The Joyces paid $55 per month for their dwelling, a higher rent than that paid by immediate neighbors.

In 1958, Clayton R. Joyce resided in an apartment building at 3727 15th Avenue NE Apartment #5. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1958, p. 782.) Joyce and his wife lived as newlyweds at 727 Alder Street in Seattle. He was a student at this time. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1959, p. 847.) He resided at 2015 26th Avenue North in Seattle in 1960. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1960, p. 857.)

Joyce passed away in 2023, due to complications from Alzheimer's Disease. (See Arizona Daily Star.com, "Clayton R. Joyce," published 08/03/2023, accessed 08/14/2023.)

Parents

His mother was Valborg Constance Anderson (born c. 1919 in SD-d. 04/03/1990 in King County, WA), a homemaker, and his father was Clayton Edward Joyce (born 07/16/1907 in Jamestown, ND-d. 03/21/1999 in King County, WA), a commercial airline pilot. They married in Turner County, SD, on 10/20/1932. According to his World War II draft registration card of 10/16/1940, Joyce was an employee of United Air Lines, whose headquarters was in Chicago, IL. (See Ancestry.com, Source Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 91, accessed 09/29/2021.)

Both of his parents graduated high school, but did not attend college, according to the 1940 US Census.

He had a younger brother, Bruce Edward Joyce (born c. 1939 in WA)

Spouse

He wed Nancy Ann Hutchinson on 08/29/1958 in King County, WA. (See King County Marriage Records, 1855-2018 - Clayton R Joyce - Nancy Ann Hutchinson, King County Marriage Records, 1855-2018, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed 09/29/2021.) They divorced on 03/24/1975 in King County, WA. (See Department of Health, Divorce Index, 1969-2017 - Joyce - Clayton - R - Et Al., Department of Health, Divorce Index, 1969-2017, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed 09/29/2021.)

He wed Marilyn L. Schmidt on 11/29/1975 in KY. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Marriage Index, 1973-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 09/29/2021.) They had been married for 47 years at the time of his death in 2023. (See Arizona Daily Star.com, "Clayton R. Joyce," published 08/03/2023, accessed 08/14/2023.)

Children

With Nancy Hutchinson, he had three children: David Joyce, Kathryn Joyce and Robb Joyce. (See Arizona Daily Star.com, "Clayton R. Joyce," published 08/03/2023, accessed 08/14/2023.)

Biographical Notes

He was baptized on 04/12/1935 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives; Elk Grove Village, Illinois; Congregational Records, accessed 09/28/2021.)