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Paulsen, Joyce
Joyce Paulsen, 86, of rural Scotch Grove, died Wednesday morning, Nov. 23, 2011, at Jones Regional Medical Center, Anamosa, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church, with interment in Scotch Grove Cemetery. Pastor Jean Bruinsma will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 until 7 p.m. Friday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.
Surviving are her five children, Susan (Bob) Hines, Monticello, Nancy Paulsen, Iowa City, Steve (Judy) Paulsen and Tom Paulsen, both of Scotch Grove, and Lisa (Bob) Moore, Anthem, Ariz.; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and three sisters-in-law, Kathleen Decker and Evelyn Paulsen, both of Monticello, and Ruth Mills, Waverly, Minn.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ralph, on Feb. 4, 2010; an infant son, Patrick John; a son-in-law, Ron Blong; a brother, James Otten; and five sisters, Marcella Rickels, Mabel Cheairs, Pauline Kuhns, Mary Ann Rosencrans and Selena Blohm.
Joyce Otten was born Nov. 16, 1925, in Scotch Grove, Iowa, the daughter of John and Ida Mabel (Meade) Otten. She received her early education in the rural schools near Scotch Grove. Joyce graduated from the Monticello Community Schools in 1943. She then went on to attend Lenox College in Hopkinton, where she also taught typing. She worked at the Lux Hatchery while in Hopkinton. Joyce later worked on the Rationing board in Jones County during World War II. Joyce Otten married Ralph Paulsen on June 12, 1946, at the Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church. The couple farmed east of Scotch Grove. In more recent years Joyce had been employed at K Co., Michaels Clothing and Bear Walls.
Joyce was a member of the Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church, where she taught Sunday school. She was baptized at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church on Nov. 16, 1925, and confirmed her faith there on April 6, 1941.
Joyce enjoyed Hawkeye football and basketball, going to the boat and playing the scratch lottery tickets.
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In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Jones Regional Hospital or the Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church.
Published Nov. 24, 2011, in The Gazette
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