CASTALIA - Joy Dorel Hultgren, age 54, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2026. She was born in New Haven County, CT on December 21, 1971. Joy was preceded in death by her mother, Helen Louise MacBrien Hultgren; and her sister-in-law, Katrina "Kat" Louise Easterday Hultgren.

Joy is survived by her father, Robert "Bob" Walter Hultgren, Jr.; her brothers, Christopher "Chris" Lee Hultgren, Sr. (Jeanetta) and James "Jim" Robert Hultgren (Tyosha); her nieces and nephews and great-nieces.

A private celebration of joy's life will be held at a later date.