JOENS, Sandra Kay (Bowers) 1944-2019

JOENS, BOWERS, CONDIT

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 1/15/2019 at 12:49:00

Biography

Sandra Kay Bowers Joens, 74, of Waterloo, Iowa, died Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at UnityPoint Health--Allen Hospital, in Waterloo.

She was born September. 3, 1944, in Anamosa, Iowa, to Delman and Ruth Condit Bowers. She married Larry Joens in Waterloo, and they later divorced.

Sandra graduated from Waterloo East High School in 1962, where she had been a cheerleader and a member of the choir, orchestra, band and tap line. Sandra was active in 4H and showed Shetland ponies and Tennessee walking horses. In the late 1960s she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and in 1986 she moved to Country View Care Center.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.

Sandra is survived by a daughter, Brenda (Steve) Everman of Hampton; a daughter-in-law, Peggy Joens of Waterloo; her mother of Waterloo; five grandchildren: Morgan (Andy) Thurman, Mason Everman and Kelli, Lindsey and Nick Joens and two great-grandchildren, Vincent and Imogen Thurman; her "like-a-daughter" niece, Tina (Doug) Hoeppner of Evansdale; a sister, Sue (Ed) Halvorson of Waterloo; two brothers, Rick (Kirstan) Condit of Marshalltown and Bruce (Cathy) Bowers of Waterloo; and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her father; and a son, Bryan Joens (October 2018).
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Services:
Friday, January 11, 2019 at First Presbyterian Church, 505 Franklin St., Waterloo

Cemetery:
Garden of Memories Cemetery, Waterloo

SOURCE: Locke Funeral Home