Joyce Ann Maas, 78, of St. Louis County died Sept. 14, 2026. Ms. Maas attended Harrison Grade School and then Beaumont High School. In her senior year, she transferred to the new Northwest High School in St. Louis City and was part of its inaugural graduating class. After graduation, she attended the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Later, her job choices demonstrated her caring nature as she first worked at a nursing facility and then began work at Christian Northeast Hospital when it opened in 1975. She was a devoted employee, working there for 38 years as a surgical central supply attendant before retiring in 2013. At Christian Northeast, she met and worked with people who became her lifelong friends as they shared vacations, free time and other life events. She enjoyed traveling, music concerts and spending time with friends and family. As a follower of Christ and the Bible, she showed genuine care, concern, compassion and friendliness to others. She could easily strike up a conversation with a friend or someone she just met, helping them smile and feel at ease. Born April 2, 1948, in St. Louis, she was the daughter and oldest of three children of the late Edgar Frank Maas and Louise Anna Katherine (Brueseke) Maas.
She is survived by two sisters: Carol (Leman) Kelley of St. Louis County and Janet (Steve) McAllister of St. Louis County; a sister-in law: Laura Enghauser of St. Louis County; nieces and nephew: Jacqueline (Ross) Redburn of Arnold, Julia (Mark) Barhorst of Hillsboro and Steven (Jessica) McAllister of Sydney, Australia; great-nieces and -nephew: Braeden Hurd, Caleigh Barhorst, Chloe Redburn, Grace McAllister and Hayley McAllister; and her cousins and many friends, including Bruce Buckland and Betsy Ballin.
She was preceded in death by her great-nephew: Jacob Allen Redburn.
Funeral services were held Sept. 26 at Kutis South County Chapel in St. Louis County. Interment was in Shepherd Hills Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at alz.org. Arrangements were under the direction of Kutis South County Chapel.