Background
Gardner, Joyce Thresher was born on November 19, 1922 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Harold Hayward and Hilda (Gillet) Thresher.
Gardner, Joyce Thresher was born on November 19, 1922 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Harold Hayward and Hilda (Gillet) Thresher.
Bachelor, Duke University, 1944.
Editor house organ, WDNC, 1942-1943; assistant public relations manager, WFTL, Miami, 1944-1946; columnist, Miami Herald, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1948-1950; owner, operator, Joyce Gardner Travel, Fort Lauderdale, 1970-1986.
Chairman Fort Lauderdale Library., 1964-1967, Broward Public Library. Foundation, 1989-1991. President Beaux Arts, 1967-1969, Fort Lauderdale Symphony Society, 1980-1982, Opera Guild, 1989-1991.
Trustee 1st Presbyterian Church, 1987-1990. Lieutenant governor Society Mayflower Descendants John Alden Colony, 1972.
Married Russell Menese, March 7, 1946. Children: Winthrop, Page, June.
