Patrick Joseph Joyce, a longtime Rockaway resident, died January 30.

Joyce was born in County Galway, Ireland. He was a Rockaway resident for more than 35 years while working as a porter in union Local 32BJ.

Joyce was preceded in death by her sisters, Margaret, Mary, Anne and Bridget.

He is survived by his wife, Theresa Russell; brothers, Thomas, Anthony, John, Tim, Peter and Colman; sister, Nora; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Denis S. O’Connor Funeral Home, Rockaway Beach. A funeral mass took place at St. Camillus Church, Rockaway Park. Interment followed at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Yonkers, New York.