Joyce L. Ibraham

Joyce L. (Pennington) Ibraham, of Mashpee, passed away on January 8, 2026. She was 96.

Joyce was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts, where she grew up attending Trinity Methodist Church. She was actively involved in church activities and attended regularly throughout her youth.

In 1951, Joyce married the late Sargon Ibraham, a United Methodist minister. Together, Joyce and Sargon traveled the world, including trips to Korea, Russia, Germany, and the Holy Land. She took great joy in being a devoted mother to her three children, a loving grandmother to her four grandchildren, and a proud great-grandmother to her six great-grandchildren.

Joyce was a talented artist with a special love for painting. She also enjoyed singing and was a lifelong member of the church choir. One of her proudest moments was singing in Billy Graham’s choir during his visit to Springfield. Joyce cherished traveling with her family to Maine and Canada in their family trailer. She also spent time at the Rockland and Mashpee Senior Centers, where she enjoyed participating in activities with friends.

Joyce loved being by the ocean and never passed up a lobster roll on Cape Cod. She had a strong faith in God and often expressed how blessed she felt to be surrounded by the love of her family. Above all else, Joyce cherished her family. Her legacy of love, faith, and devotion will live on in the hearts of all who knew her.

She was the daughter of the late Elmore and Alice (Eaton) Pennington. 

Beloved wife of the late Rev. Sargon Y. Ibraham. 

Loving mother of David Ibraham and his wife, Diane Schettini, of Rockland, Alice Begley and her husband, Bill, of Mashpee, and Joy Donohue and her husband, Kim, of Hopkinton. Sister of the late Dorothy, Mildred, Ruth, Janet, Kenneth, and Earl. Cherished Nana to Kevin, Carolyn, Daniel, and Andrew. 

Also survived by 6 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. 

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to greet the family during the visiting hours on Thursday 1/15/2026 from 3-6 PM in the McDonald Keohane Funeral Home SOUTH WEYMOUTH at 809 Main Street (Rte 18 opp. So. Shore Hospital). 

Funeral services will be celebrated on Friday 1/16/2026 at 11 AM in the Funeral Home. 

Burial will conclude at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Weymouth.