Joyce Schroeder
Funeral Service
Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 10:30 AM First Presbyterian Church Manning, IowaJoyce Mae, daughter of Frederick and Florence (Sander) Jensen, was born January 13, 1924, in Manning, Iowa. She grew up in Manning and graduated from Manning High School in 1941. Joyce then worked at the local grocery store and then the Manning Creamery.
On October 19, 1946, Joyce was united in marriage with Gerald Glen Schroeder at the First Presbyterian Church in Manning by the Reverend Arthur Raeside. Joyce and Jerry made their home in Manning. Joyce worked at Hansen Pahde until 1950 when she joined Bales Grocery. In 1953 she worked with Nissen Poultry Service and then with her husband at J & S Feed Service from 1956 to 1960. She then quit to raise her family. She worked for L.R. Nelson in the late 1970s and then helped sort seed corn for Garst in Coon Rapids each fall in the early 1980s. Joyce and Gerald were very close and were proud to have celebrated 60 years of marriage on October 19, 2006. After Gerald's death on December 25, 2006, Joyce lived with Darla and her family.
Joyce was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Manning, and was a 60-year member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and a 50-year member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She loved raising her children and baby-sitting her grandchildren. She spent hours baking, gardening and growing flowers, especially her rose bushes. Joyce took great pride in her ability to quilt, knit, crochet and sew. In her later years, she enjoyed working on word search puzzles. Every Tuesday for 20 years, Joyce enjoyed bowling in a women's league at L & M Bowl.
Due to declining health in March of 2008, Joyce became a resident of the Manilla Manor in Manilla, Iowa, where she died Sunday, November 23, 2008. She was 84 years of age.
Joyce is survived by a daughter Darla Neumann and friend John Wittrock of Manning; son Dana Schroeder and wife Debbie of Georgia; daughter-in-law Teresa (Schroeder) Torkelson of Arizona; nine grandchildren: Jamie Linde, Joshua Linde and wife Jennifer, Travis Neumann, Markus Neumann, Andrea Schroeder and fiance Ian, Stephen Schroeder and wife Candice, Kari Schroeder, Natalie Schroeder and Daniel Schroeder; sisters Phyllis and husband Dick Tow of Minnesota and Janice and husband Galen Ferry of Schleswig; and sisters-in-law Lenora Jensen of Manning and Marlys Karsten of Manning. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son Doug Schroeder; a brother Glen Jensen; three sisters: Donna Hansen, Ellen Rasmussen and Arlene Sinow and a brother-in-law Wilbur "Casey" Karsten.