Back, Joel L. (1948-2018)

BACK, KLUCKHOHN, FOSSUM, HULKE, BRAGER

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 1/31/2019 at 13:18:33

Joel L. Back
July 29, 1948 - December 30, 2018

Joel Back, age 70, died on Sunday, December 30, 2018, at his home in Lake Mills.

Joel Lynford Back was born on July 29, 1948, in Mason City, Iowa, to Lynford and Carmen (Kluckhohn) Back. Baptized and confirmed at the Klemme United Church of Christ, he graduated from Klemme High School in Klemme, Iowa. On June 5, 1976, he married Yvonne Fossum at the West St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Hayfield, Minnesota. The couple made their home in Lake Mills where Joel worked for almost twenty-five years in production control at Streater’s in Albert Lea and Yvonne taught school. Most recently, Joel worked for Winnebago Industries in Forest City, retiring in 2012.

A sports fanatic, Joel loved watching, supporting, and pushing his kids as they grew up competing in high school sports. In addition, he enjoyed watching Hawkeye, Chicago Cubs, and Chicago Bears games. Moreover, he liked to fish and tend his home garden. For many years, he relaxed by golfing at Rice Lake. Most importantly, however, he cherished time spent with his granddaughters watching them play softball and basketball.

Over the years, he took a number of vacations with his family to Cass Lake, Minnesota, Branson, Missouri, and the Black Hills of South Dakota. Most recently, he went on a trip last year with Yvonne to Ft. Myers, Florida.

Joel is survived by his wife, Yvonne, of Lake Mills; two children, David (Aubrey) Back, of Ankeny, Iowa, and Kjerstin (Tony) Hulke, of Courtland, Minnesota; two granddaughters, Morgan and Mckenna Hulke; a sister, Roxanne (Daryl) Brager, of North Liberty, Iowa; his brother, Dave Back, of Hayfield, Minnesota; and his mother-in-law, Cecile Fossum, of Kasson, Minnesota; as well as by many extended relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lynford and Carmen, and his father-in-law, Lloyd Fossum.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 4, 2019, at Salem Lutheran Church, 401 South Lake Street, Lake Mills, with Pastor Joel Guttormson officiating. Inurnment will follow in Salem Memorial Cemetery, rural Lake Mills. A memorial visitation is scheduled for Thursday, January 3, 2019, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Salem Lutheran Church and will continue for one hour before the service on Friday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Joel Back memorial fund in care of the family.

Mittelstadt Funeral Home, Lake Mills, Iowa, 2018.

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