Joyce Sizemore Cicala

Joyce Sizemore Cicala, age 78, passed away peacefully on 19 April 2023 at her home in Waldorf, Maryland. Joyce or “Jo” as some of her family and friends referred to her as, was born in Lamar County, Winfield, Alabama on 20 May 1944 to Daniel and Rosie Hollis Sizemore. She was a 1961 graduate of Winfield City High School and attended the University of North Alabama, in Florence Alabama, where she was recruited to work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Washington D.C. It was there she met and married the love of her life, Frank Cicala of 48 years. After working at the FBI, Joyce went on to work at the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. until she retired. After retirement, Joyce served on the board at the Kettering Community Association in Largo, Maryland for 15 years as well as worked for the Area Wide Market Research Inc., Gaithersburg Maryland, for well over 20 years. She took great care of her family. She was very proud of her daughter and family. She was very well loved by everyone she met. She loved to be with and spend time with her family and friends. She especially loved going to Traders in Chesapeake Beach, MD every Sunday with her daughter to eat great seafood and play the penny slots. The people at Traders were considered great family friends and she loved going there to see them all. Joyce loved spending time with family, going to the beach, eating seafood, listening to old 50’s music, Elvis, and going on trips with and to see her Alabama Family. She was a fun, loving and very special person who will be greatly missed. Joyce is preceded in death by her parents; husband Frank Cicala, a US Army Veteran, and her brother Everett Sizemore of Coker, Alabama. She is survived by her step daughter, Vicki Cicala, her brother James Sizemore of Winfield, Alabama; sister Dorothy (Howard) Hughes of Winfield, Alabama; sister-in-law Peggy Weeks Sizemore of Coker, Alabama and numerous nieces and nephews. The funeral service for Joyce will be held at the Raymond Funeral Chapel, Laplata, Mayland, on 18 May 2023. The family will be receiving visitors from 1030 am to 1230 pm. Funeral service will immediately follow from 1230 to 1:30. The burial at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery afterwards will be private. In lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to honor Joyce may do so by making a donation, in her name, to her favorite charity, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis Tennessee, as flowers are limited at the burial site.

Joyce Sizemore Cicala

May 20, 1944 - April 19, 2023