Joy was born the daughter of James Howard Hodges and Maggie Mae Hodges (Howell) on May 9, 1938. She died on September 19, 2023, in Yukon, Oklahoma. Funeral service for Joy F. Bollman, age 85 of Chickasha were at the Epworth United Methodist Church. Interment will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of McRay Funeral Home.
Joy grew up in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and graduated from Pauls Valley High School. She married John Bollman in November, 1958 in Pauls Valley. They made their home in Oklahoma City. After a couple of years there, they moved to Blanchard where they lived a short time before moving to the farm north of Alex, Oklahoma, where they lived for 30 years. They eventually moved to Chickasha.
Joy volunteered as a Pink Lady at Grady Memorial Hospital. She enjoyed playing cards and dominoes.
Joy was preceded in death by her husband, John Bollman, her parents, her brother, James Hodges, her sister, Mary Ann Medlock, and her daughter-in-law, Kim Bollman.
Joy is survived by her son, John Bollman and wife Nilsa, daughter, Lori Brandt and husband Steve, son, Robert Bollman and wife Martha, grandchildren, great grandchildren, as numerous nieces and nephews.
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