The Rev. Joy D. Gasta, 68, died of cancer October 2, 2005, in Nashville, TN. She taught English and humanities at colleges in IN, MI, PA and TN. She was also a part-time news and features reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer and several other newspapers in Pennsylvania. She served the First Universalist Churches of Norway and West Paris, ME. She was assistant minister at the Church of the Larger Fellowship from 1994 to 1995. Surviving are two daughters, Rachel of New York and Catherine of Washington, D.C.; twin brother Jack Dedman; sisters Dale Wilson and Jean Dedman. Her husband, Carl Gasta, died in 1980.