Joyce R. Wilson

Joyce R. Wilson, age 81 of St. Peter, died on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.   Funeral Service will be 11:00 am on Friday, April 27, 2018 at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, St. Peter, with burial at Greenhill Cemetery. Visitation is 4:00 – 7:00 Thursday at St. Peter Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church Friday.  Memories can be shared with the family at www.saintpeterfuneralhome.com.   Joyce was born on April 22, 1936 in Arlington, MN to Alfred and Elvira (Soeffker) Luepke and she attended school in Arlington.  She married James J. Wilson on December 29, 1954 at St. Paul’s Lutheran in Arlington. They lived in rural St. Peter where she was a mother and farm wife, as well as working at Erickson, Wally’s Bar, and the Legion Club. Joyce was a member of the Red Hat Ladies, member of the Degree of Pocahontas (Red Men Club) in St. Peter, and the American Legion Club. She volunteered at the church and coordinated volunteer rides for Nicollet County. She enjoyed traveling and road trips, selling sweet corn, camping and most importantly spending time with her family.   Left to remember Joyce are her husband Jim; children: Wendy (Richard Partyka) Schabert, Karla (Keith) Schuette, Robin Haltermann, John, Mike (Nancy), Patricia (Eric) Estep, and James Jr. (Kiersten); Grandchildren and great grandchildren: Shawn (Trish) with Gregory and Zachery, Ryan (Sara) with Ellie, Mason and Jameson, Nicholas (Erika) with Vanessa and Christopher, Danielle with Sierra, Kristina (Brady) with Brooklyn, Robert (Jennifer) with Isiah and Riley, Jeffrey (Tayla), Ashely (Jamie) with Justice, Hope and Kaleb, Andrew with Emiliana, Chelsie (Steve), Kayla (Matt), Lantz, Logan, Holly, Abigail; and other relatives and friends.   She was preceded in death by son-in-law,  Michael Schabert; grandson, Christopher Schabert; sister Barbara Anderson; and brother Burton Luepke.