On March 14, 2012 Joyce Melonas (nee Karas), age 92, of Timonium Maryland; wife of the late George Melonas; mother of Mitsie Melonas Doccolo, Deanna Sakellaris and her husband John, Jim Melonas and his wife Jackie; grandmother of Joy Gaslevic and her husband Jim, George Mark Melonas and his wife Sara Daly, James Emanuel Melonas and his wife Margee, George Sakellaris and his wife Lacy; great grandmother of Zoe and James Robert Melonas, John and James Gaslevic, Angenie and Natalie Sakellaris; also survived by her sister Evelyn Karas, her brother Jimmy Karas, her sister-in-law Annette Karas and many nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 York Road (Beltway Exit 26A) on Friday, March 16, 2012, at 2 – 4 PM and 7 – 9 PM, with a Trisagion service 3 PM. Mrs. Melonas will lie in state at the Chapel of the Holy Resurrection at the Greek Orthodox Cemetery, 5917 Windsor Mill Road, Woodlawn, Maryland 21207, on Saturday, March 17, 2012, from 10:30 a. m. to 11 a.m. The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, Baltimore, Maryland.