Joyce Alice Winkler

WINKLER, SPAFFORD, LEIGH, BEHN, PETERSEN, HOFFMANN, HORST, HANSEN, JUNGE, BOPES, MARTIN

Posted By: Barb Kelley (email)
Date: 12/3/2005 at 08:57:33

The Clinton Herald

Published: December 01, 2005 01:05 pm

Joyce Alice Winkler

CHARLOTTE - Joyce Alice Winkler, age 71, of Charlotte, Iowa died Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at Finley Hospital, Dubuque, Iowa. A Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 3, 2005 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Sugar Creek Iowa, with Father Edward Botkin as Celebrant. Burial will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery, Sugar Creek, Iowa. Friends may join a prayer service at 5:00 p.m. with visitation till 7:00 p.m. Friday, December 2, 2005 at Miller-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Preston, Iowa. Condolences to the family may be entered on www.lawjonesfunerlhome.com.

Joyce was born November 8, 1934, the daughter of Robert and Amy (Spafford) Leigh in Clinton, Iowa. She was a graduate of Clinton High School, Class of 1954. Joyce married Damian M. Winkler on April 16, 1955 in Clinton.

Joyce enjoyed being a homemaker, she spent many pleasurable hours, baking, doing crafts and rug making. Most of all she loved and enjoyed her family. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Sugar Creek Iowa.

Joyce will be deeply missed by her husband, Damian of Charlotte; four daughters, Alice (Darwin) Behn of Preston, Iowa; Dorothy (Clint) Petersen of Charlotte, Iowa; Suzie (Brian) Hoffmann of Charlotte, and Amy (Jim) Horst of Clinton; two sons, Mike (Karla) Winkler of Gooselake, Iowa and Marcus (Jacalyn) Winkler of Preston, Iowa; two sisters, Marj Hansen of Washington, Iowa and Suzie (Ed) Junge of Camanche, Iowa; and fifteen grandchildren.

Joyce is preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Janet Bopes; a twin sister, Carol Martin; two brothers in-law, Glen Martin and Lyle Hansen.

Joyce Alice Winkler
Charlotte, Iowa
November 8, 1934 - November 30, 2005