Stange, Joann M. (1936-2016)

STANGE, WILLS, ROEHLK, CEJKA, CHRISTIANSEN, BLAND, STONE, SIEVERS, SEGEBART, WEISS

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 9/5/2016 at 15:59:59

Joann M. Stange
July 21, 1936 - June 25, 2016

Joann M. Stange, age 79, of Albert City, Iowa, died on Saturday, June 25, 2016, at the North Lake Manor in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Joann Marie Wills, a daughter of Oliver and Inez (Roehlk) Wills, was born in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, on July 21, 1936. Baptized as a teenager at the Church of Christ in Laurens, Iowa, she lived her youth in the Albert City vicinity and graduated from Albert City High School. Then, she continued her education at the Spencer School of Business. For a while, she worked for the Department of the Navy in Washington, DC, but later, she returned to northwest Iowa where she worked as a bookkeeper for businesses in Sioux City and Storm Lake. She, then, attended the Faust Beauty College.

Joann married James Cejka in 1954 at the Church of Christ in Laurens, Iowa. Their union was blessed with one daughter, Debra, who died in infancy. In 1961, she married Alfred “Salty” Christiansen. They had two children: Terry and Carmen. On February 19, 1993, she married Jerry Stange at the Church of Christ in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Throughout her lifetime, Joann owned and operated a bar and restaurant and then worked with Jerry as a truck driver for eight years before her health prevented her from continuing. For the past two and a half years Joann had resided at the North Lake Manor in Storm Lake. She enjoyed playing bingo, cribbage, and pinochle as well as reading and doing word puzzles.

Joann’s life will always be loved and cherished by her family which include her husband, Jerry, of Albert City, Iowa; two children: Terry Christiansen, of Iowa City, Iowa, and Carmen (Bruce) Stone, of Spencer, Iowa; a nephew who had, at one time, lived with Joann, Allen (Laurie) Bland, of Newell, Iowa; her step-children: Clyde (Bev) Christiansen, of Storm Lake, Iowa, Sonja (Curtis) Sievers, of Linn Grove, Iowa, Allen (Deb) Stange, of Aurelia, Iowa, Jeff (Sharon) Stange, of Pomeroy, Iowa, and Wade Christiansen, Rebecca (David) Segebart, and John (Dawn) Stange, all of Schaller, Iowa; nineteen grandchildren; and three great grandchildren; as well as by nieces, nephews, other extended family members, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands: Jim and “Salty;” and one sister, Marilyn Weiss.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rembrandt, Iowa. Burial will follow in the Little Sioux Valley Cemetery in Rembrandt. Visitation will take place Tuesday, June 28, 2016, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Albert City. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Albert City is in charge of the arrangements.

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