AUGUSTA - Lt. Col. John F. Joy, retired, died Oct. 15, 2007, at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta. Born on Jan. 7, 1930, in Lewiston, he was the son of Edwin J. and Bertha Linn Joy. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1949. He enlisted in the Maine Army National Guard on March 2, 1948, and retired as a lieutenant colonel on Feb. 28, 1986. He worked at Camp Keyes in Augusta from 1965 until retiring from his state of Maine position there in 1990. He was an Eagle Scout and, in the late 1950s, he worked for two years as a district executive for the Boy Scouts of America, Pine Tree Council, Abenaki District. He also did television and radio repair, owned and operated Joy Electronics, and at one time worked as manager of the service department for Sears Roebuck in Lewiston. He and his family moved to Augusta in the fall of 1967. He was a member of the Green Street United Methodist Church. He was a life member of the Kennebec Historical Society and served the organization as treasurer for several years; a life member of Maine Historical Society, the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the National Genealogical Society, Maine Old Cemeteries Association, Piscataqua Pioneers, the Chadbourne Family Association, the Military Order of the World Wars, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion; and a lifetime charter member of the National World War II Memorial. He was predeceased by a brother, Linn E. Joy, formerly of Monroe, N.C. Survivors include Sally Rowe Joy, his wife of 44 years; a son, Scott and his wife, Judith, of Stratham, N.H.; a daughter, Joan and her husband, Bruce Tibbetts, of St. Albans; six grandchildren; a sister, Isla Morton of Casper, Wyo., and her husband, Gerald; and many nieces and nephews and their children and grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, at Knowlton & Hewins Funeral Home, 1 Church St., Augusta. A celebration of his life will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at the Green Street United Methodist Church, Green Street, Augusta, with the Rev. Thom Blackstone officiating. Committal prayers and interment with full military honors will follow in Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kennebec Historical Society, P.O. Box 5582, Augusta, ME 04332-5582; or to the Green Street United Methodist Church Building Fund, 13 Green St., Augusta, ME 04330.