Joyce E. Kothera

Joyce E. Kothera

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Aug. 8, at Hope Hospice, at 2430 Diplomat Parkway East, Cape Coral, for Joyce E. Kothera, 49, of Lehigh Acres, who died on Thursday, July 30, 2009.

Kothera was a kind and loving person, her family said. She raised three smart, loyal, kind and loving daughters. She was a devoted wife, mother and friend. She would move mountains to help where ever and when ever she could. She will truly be missed, the family said.

She is survived by her husband Thomas L. Kothera; daughters, Elicia Salzer, Brandi Powell and Kendra Andrews; sister, Judy Christy; brothers, Terry, Ralph and David Sites and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Frank and Grace Sites, both of Columbus, Ohio.

Family and friends will meet in the chapel at Hope Hospice at 1:30 p.m.