Joyce Dodge

Joyce E. Dodge age 92, of St. James, MN, died on November 23, 2012 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in Saint James. Visitation is 4 to 7 pm Friday, November 30, 2012 at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James and resumes at church, one hour before the funeral. The Funeral Service is 10:30 am at Augustana Lutheran, St. James on Saturday, December 1, 2012, Rev. Kathleen Ulland-Klinkner officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery, St. James. Joyce Ethelyn was born January 13, 1920 in Saint James to Ernest and Edna (Peterson) Thulien. She graduated from St. James High School. On September 21, 1941 she married Noel Amos Dodge at Augustana Lutheran Church. She worked with her husband at their sewing machine and appliance store, Noel's Service. As an active member of Augustana Lutheran Church, Joyce served as President of the Ladies' Aid, was a member of WELCA, was a counselor for the Luther League youth group, taught Sunday School, played the organ, and sang in the church choir and with the Miriam Singers. Music was definitely her passion! She also enjoyed reading and sewing. Joyce is survived by son, Noel Nick Dodge Jr., Fort Worth, TX, grandsons: Troy and Bill (Barbara) Dodge, step-grandsons: Shane Nicastro and Nathan Bosdet, great-grandsons: Peter and Griffin Dodge, step-great-grandchildren, Mahogany, Unity, and Wintr Nicastro; brother-in-law, Harold Lutz, Minnetonka, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded by her parents, husband, Noel, daughter-in-law, Marlaina Weisl-Dodge, sisters: Alice (Bob) Chinberg, Marcella (Howard W. Nelson, Oliver H. Peterson) Nelson-Peterson, Avis (Dr.William) Wallick, and, Elizabeth Betty Lutz. Memorials are preferred to Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center or the Alzheimers Treatment Research Ramsey Foundation in St. Paul. First Visitation 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Friday, November 30, 2012 Sturm Funeral Home, St. James 906 10th Ave. S. St. James, Minnesota, United States 56081 Second Visitation 9:30 am - 10:30 am Saturday, December 1, 2012 Augustana Lutheran Church 603 Armstrong Blvd. N. PO Box 151 St. James, Minnesota, United States 56081 Service Information 10:30 am Saturday, December 1, 2012 Augustana Lutheran Church 603 Armstrong Blvd. N. PO Box 151 St. James, Minnesota, United States 56081