Kenkel, Joyce Ann (Foxhoven) (1945 - 2024)

KENKEL, FOXHOVEN, GAUL, LASKIE, SCHNEIDER, PILEGGI

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 3/23/2024 at 15:32:13

Name of deceased: Joyce Ann Kenkel (nee Foxhoven)

Aged: 78 yrs, 8 mo, 10 days

Residence: Panama, Shelby County, IA

Born: June 20, 1945; Westphalia, Shelby County, IA

Died: March 2, 2024; Panama, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Wednesday, March 6, 2024; St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church, Panama, IA; burial was in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Panama, IA

Survived by: Husband of 59 years, David of Panama, IA; children, Allen (spouse, Tracey) of Panama, IA; Curtis (spouse, Natalie) of Olathe, KS, Richard (spouse, Anita) of Joplin, MO, Scott of Panama, IA, and Tina (spouse, Peter) Laskie of LeMars, IA; 13 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sisters, Lyn Schneider and June Foxhoven of Millard, NE; sister-in-law, Betty Foxhoven of Earling, IA; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Odelia (nee Gaul) and Lavern Foxhoven; infant daughter, Toni Marie; brothers, Ken and Gail Foxhoven; brother-in-law, Michael Kenkel; sisters-in-law, Lauretta Kenkel and Patricia Kenkel; niece, MaryBeth (Kenkel) Pileggi

Education: Graduated from high school in 1963 and then attended college at State College of Iowa (UNI), Cedar Falls, IA for 1 year to pursue a degree in teaching

Religious affiliation: Baptized at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA; she made her first communion at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Defiance, IA and was confirmed at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Earling, IA; there, she served on the parish council, school board, liturgy committee and as a Eucharistic Minister; Joyce sang and played guitar at church and served as the president of the sewing circle, and directed and taught in the CYO/CCD program

Military service: n/a

Marriage: David Kenkel; Nov. 28, 1964; St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Earling, IA

Employment: Joyce was employed by Earling, IA and Panama, IA banks for several years; she then went to work for Cogdill Farm Supply for 26 years before retiring in 2008

Hobbies/Interests: Loved making quilts, doing counted cross-stitch, and painting ceramics; being a farmer’s wife, she gardened and canned many vegetables and fruits, raised laying hens and delivered eggs, and raised and butchered broiler chickens; she participated with the Panama Community Chorus, volunteered for the Red Cross Blood Mobile, and designed and quilted countless quilts for Micah House in Council Bluffs, IA, a homeless and emergency shelter servicing families and women.

Sources: kjan.com; pauleyjones.com