Joyce Bohlken

JOYCE BOHLKEN

Scotch Grove

Joyce Bohlken, 74, of Scotch Grove, entered her heavenly home on March 3, 2021, at St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids, after a prolonged fight with heart disease.

Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Monday, with visitation before the service beginning at 1 p.m. March 8, at the St. John's Lutheran Church, rural Monticello, with interment in the St. John's Cemetery. Pastor Caleb Schewe will officiate at the services. You may access the live service by emailing Kevin@goettschonline to obtain the Zoom Access Code before noon on Monday. You may also sign the guestbook or leave a condolence at goettschonline.com. Mask's must be worn and fitted properly over the nose and mouth at all times to enter the church. Social distancing standards need to be strictly observed. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Anamosa Community Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit.

Surviving loved ones include her sister, Lois Bohlken Dusdieker (Nile) of North Liberty; and their three children, Anna(Michael) Duke, Pennant Hills, Australia, Carol Dusdieker Archer (Thaddeus), Perrysburg, Ohio, and Nile Thomas Dusdieker, (Alyson) Tiffin; and great-nieces and -nephews, Chloe and Thaddeus Archer, Patrick, Adam and Benjamin Duke, Nile Oscar and Thomas Dusdieker.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Adolph (Boots) and Jean Bohlken; and a sister, Janette.

Joyce Mary Bohlken was born Jan. 18, 1947, at the John McDonalds Hospital, Monticello, Iowa. She was the daughter of Adolph and Jean Royden, Bohlken. Joyce attended the Rocky Ridge Country School near Scotch Grove and graduated from the Monticello Community Schools in 1965. Joyce graduated from Iowa State University in 1968. She taught junior high science for 40 years in the North Cedar Schools. Joyce helped her sister Janette run the Scotch Grove Nursery until they retired in 2016.

Joyce was a lifelong member of the St. John's Lutheran Church. She was an excellent quilter and bread baker.