Joyce Marie Barg

Seabrook- Joyce M. (Cookson) Barg passed away peacefully on May 22, 2025. Joyce was born in Lawrence, MA on February 26, 1940, to the late Lloyd and Cecile (Archambault) Cookson. Joyce grew up as one of the seven Cookson children “the seven cookies" on Tower Hill in Lawrence. She was a parishioner of St. Augustine Church in Lawrence and Joyce graduated from St. Augustine Grammar School. She was the Salutatorian of her 1957 graduating class of St. Mary High School in Lawrence. Joyce attended Merrimack College and Boston College, where she met her future husband Ronald after being set up with him on their first date, a Boston College football game. Joyce and Ron were married for 54 years She worked at St. Mary Parish in Lawrence beginning as a secretary right after high school and retiring as Business Manager 57 years later. Joyce was honored to be affiliated to the order of Augustinians in 2006 in Villanova, PA after many years of devoted service to the Augustinian community. Joyce was very active, along with her family, at St. Augustine Church in Lawrence, MA, singing in the choir, participating fully in parish life and raising their children there. Joyce eventually retired to Seabrook Beach with her husband Ron and was a parishioner at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish in Hampton, NH. Family meant everything to Joyce. She made every holiday so special with her beautiful traditions. Sunday dinners with her delicious recipes brought everyone together. She loved classic movies and musicals, ice cream, shopping, the Red Sox, beautiful music, scenic drives, tea, sweets from Tripoli Bakery, eating out, boxes of chocolates, traveling to Stowe, VT and fun summers at Seabrook Beach. Joyce was an amazing wife, daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, and friend. She was a devout Catholic and a dedicated example of faith to all who knew her. We will cherish the memories we had with her and she will be greatly missed. Joyce is survived by her daughters Cindy (Bill) Brooks and Carolyn Winter, sister Nancy (Patrick) Cyr, sister Colleen (Mark) Mitchell, brother-in-law Jerry Barg, grandchildren Justin (Jennifer) Oliverio, Dalton and Mason Giannelli, Corinne (Kevin) Kaneb, Jocelyne, Nicholas, and Mary Winter, great-granddaughters Rylee Rae Oliverio, Mariana, Estrella, and Racquel Kaneb and several nieces and nephews and family members and friends. Joyce was predeceased by her parents, Lloyd & Cecile Cookson, her loving husband Ronald, siblings Robert (Peggy) Cookson, Carol Cookson, Anne McCarthy, Roland Cookson, grandson Corey Oliverio, brother-in-law Ignatius Santoro and sister-in-law Elmina Pressnalle. Calling hours will be on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, from 10 to 11 AM at Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Church, 289 Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 11 AM. Burial will be at 1 PM at St. Mary Immaculate Conception Cemetery, 29 Barker Street, Lawrence, MA. If you wish to make a memorial donation in Joyce’s memory, it can be made to OLMM Outreach c/o Sr. Doris Ouellette, 289 Lafayette Rd., Hampton, New Hampshire 03842.

Joyce Marie Barg

February 26, 1940 - May 22, 2025