Joyce Lindahl

LINDAHL, THEDE

Posted By: Pat Frette (email)
Date: 1/15/2009 at 10:14:05

Joyce Lindahl, age 65, of 1191-198th Road, died January 10, 2009, at the Boone County Hospital. Funeral services are Thursday, January 15, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at the Augustana Lutheran Church with Rev. Daniel Solomon officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery, west of Boone.
Joyce was born in Boone on November 7, 1943, the daughter of Henry and Mae (Spreager) Thede. She graduated from Boone High School in 1961 and from DMACC Boone Campus in 1992. On December 31, 1961, Joyce married James LaVerne Lindahl in Boone. From 1980 to 2008, Joyce was an administrative assistant for the Iowa High School Athletic Association in Boone and from 1991 to 2008, she was a customer service manager for Boone's Wal-Mart. She retired in December of 2008. She was a member of the Augustana Lutheran Church, YMCA, Professional Secretaries Association, and the Tall Corn Antique Auto Club. Joyce enjoyed spending time with her family, especially the grandbabies, Sunday meals, and aerobic exercise at the YMCA. She also liked to travel to Hawaii and Las Vegas. In earlier years, Joyce enjoyed sewing and cross stitch.
She is preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, and four brothers. Joyce is survived by her husband, James of Boone; two sons, Jay Lindahl and wife Lisa of Ogden and Joel Lindahl and wife Marci of Polk City; five grandchildren: Connor, Morgan, Kayden, Emily, and Tyler Lindahl; two brothers, Robert Thede and wife Barbara and Ross Thede and wife Geraldine, all of Luther; four sisters, Christine Alexander, Eileen Gustafson, Hazel Johnson, all of Boone, and Rosalyn Reinsch and husband Ray of Las Vegas, Nevada; two sisters-in-law, Doris Thede of DeWitt and Shirley Thede of Beaumont, California; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at Schroeder Memorial Chapel at Sixth and Marshall on Wednesday from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. where the family will be present from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Visitation continues Thursday at the Augustana Lutheran Church from 9:30 a.m. to the time of the 10:30 a.m. service.
Memorials may be given to Hospice of Central Iowa-Boone Office or the Boone Area Humane Society.
Online condolences and a guestbook are available at www.schroedermemorialchapel.com.
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