Joyce Stella Simon was born July 30, 1924, in Worthington, Minn., to Clyde and Stella Christensen. She grew up on a farm in Brewster, Minn. She attended Brewster High School and was in the drum and bugle corps. After graduating in 1942, she worked as a telephone switchboard operator and in the local dime store where she met Harold. They married on April 20, 1944, at Westover Field in Springfield, Mass, before Harold left on a mission overseas during WWII. After the war, the couple lived in Worthington for a short time. Later moving to Ames, Iowa, then onto Suitland, Md., Big Falls, Minn., Faribault, Minn., Grand Rapids, Minn., and finally residing in New Ulm, Minn. Joyce was a homemaker, Sunday School teacher and an active member of the River Valley Christian Church. She was an encourager of her faith and loved God. She enjoyed walking, reading, playing Skip-Bo, and traveling in their RV. Joyce is survived by her daughters, Gloria (Hiroshi) Takagi, Linda (Roye) Stelzer, and Karen (Bill) McGuigan; grandchildren, Naomi (Cesar) Acosta, Elisa Takagi, Emily (Steven) Ellingson, Elena (Kuan) Takagi, Tara (Steve) Weber, Nicole McGuigan; and great-grandchildren, Adler and Zaria Acosta.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harold; sisters, Jeanne, Margy, Chris; and sons, Thomas and Timothy. Memorials are preferred to Pine Haven Christian Assembly.

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