CONTRIBUTED BY:
Joan Thompson [popparat@valornet.com]


Faye Joyce Polk 

1909-2005 

SAN FRANCISCO � Faye Joyce Polk, a native of Scurry County, Texas, died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, in Kaiser 
Hospital in San Francisco following a short illness. Mrs. Polk had lived in San Angelo for 25 years.
 
A memorial service for Mrs. Polk, who was 96, is being planned for next April at Community Hills Christian 
Church in San Angelo, where she was a member prior to her move to San Francisco in 1996. 

Born July 25, 1909, the fifth of seven daughters, Faye graduated from Texas Tech University and later earned 
a master�s degree from Southeastern State Teacher�s College in Durant, Okla. She taught both junior high school 
and special education classes, and even coached a boys� baseball team during her long career as a schoolteacher. 
She taught in the seventh grade at Robert E. Lee Junior High School in San Angelo. She retired from teaching in 1974. 

She married Marion Gibson �Doc� Polk on June 30, 1935, in Snyder. He died Aug. 30, 1992. His last years were 
dimmed by Alzheimer�s disease, during which time Faye cared for him with loyalty and love. 

Faye was also preceded in death by her parents, Robert E. Joyce and Laura Sturdivant Joyce; and by her son, 
B. Frank Polk, M.D., who was a respected epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University. 

Survivors include her son, Ed J. Polk of San Francisco; daughter-in-law, Kathleen Polk of Baltimore; Faye�s younger 
sister, Milton Joyce Vicary of Houston; six grandchildren, Susan Polk Adkins, Karen Polk, Kevin Polk, Sarah Polk, 
Maury Polk and Genevieve Polk; and six great-grandchildren. 

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Austin Chapter of the Alzheimer�s Association, 3420 Executive Center 
Drive, Suite 301, Austin, TX 78731.