Joyce Grubb

JOYCE GRUBB

Eldridge

Joyce M. Grubb, 68, of Eldridge, died Friday, April 24, 2015, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave. SW, Dyersville,

where a parish vigil service will be at 3 p.m. Friends may continue to call from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, at the funeral home. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in Dyersville. Burial: St. Patrick's Cemetery, Colesburg. Deacon Roger Riesberg will officiate.

Joyce was born Oct. 17, 1946, in Buffalo, N.Y., the daughter of Thomas and Frances (Lemee) Norsen. She graduated from Kenmore East High School and Upper Iowa University. She married John Grubb on Jan. 21, 1967, in Fayette, Iowa. She worked at Farmers Savings Bank in Colesburg and Dupaco Credit Union, retiring in 2002.

Early in her marriage she enjoyed competing in a bowling league and women's golf league at Lone Pine Country Club. Joyce transitioned from competition to becoming the "loudest" fan of all her children who competed in high school and collegiate athletics. Later in life she enjoyed reading, jigsaw puzzles and especially spending time with her grandchildren.

Joyce is survived by her children, Kevin Grubb of Chicago, Karen (Tom) Steidler of Eldridge, Chris (Bobbi) Grubb of La Crosse, Wis., Kathy (Willie) Hunt of Zion, Ill., and Thomas (Katy) Grubb of Cedar Rapids; eight grandchildren, Willie, Kassandra, Robert Hunt, Dane, Benjamin Steidler, Matthew, Isabelle Grubb and Meleah Grubb; brother, John E. (Jane) Norsen of Rochester, N.Y.; and niece and nephews, Jennifer (Jason) Kern, John Todd Norsen, Kenneth Piasecki and John Olaf Heintz Norsen.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, John in 2001.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Ed-Co Athletic Booster Club, Colesburg Fire Department and Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House.

Information available at www.kramerfuneral.com.