Ann B. (Joyce) Powers

Ann B. (Joyce) Powers, 94, of Holbrook, formerly of Rosmuc, Co. Galway, Ireland, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 7, 2025, at home surrounded by her family.  Beloved wife of the late William W. Powers.  Loving mother of Joyce Powers of Avon, Ann Zoller and her husband Tom of Lancaster, Patrick Powers of Holbrook, Maureen Powers and her spouse Sally Nixon of Randolph, Brian Powers and his partner Lauri Lopes of Holbrook, and the late William C. and Sean S. Powers.  Cherished grandmother of Haley Zoller and her husband Rick Lewis of Brooklyn, NY, Maxwell Zoller of Lancaster, Katie Powers and her fiancé Brian Ramos of Pawtucket, RI, Anthony and Aiden Dufour of Holbrook, and great-grandmother of Jude.  Predeceased by her parents, Colman and Ellen (Grealish) Joyce, her sister Mary Nee and her brother, Patrick Joyce.

Ann enjoyed baking, cooking, sewing, working in her flower and vegetable gardens, and was a self-taught upholsterer.  She was an avid reader that enjoyed both a good mystery and a love story.  Ann loved the beach, whether it was Cape Cod or Nantasket beach.  Her greatest joy was her family.  She loved to travel with her three daughters to Ireland, Jamaica, Napa Valley, and the Bahamas – their travel names were Anna and her sisters, aka the four musketeers.

Funeral from the Hurley Currie Funeral Home, 127 So. Franklin St. (Rt. 37), Holbrook on Thursday, July 10^th at 9:15am followed by a funeral mass at St. Joseph Church in Holbrook at 10am.  Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.  Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday, July 9^th from 4-8pm.  Interment private.  In lieu of flowers, donations in Ann’s memory can be made to St. Jude via www.stjude.org.