Joyce Arlene Holtz, age 78, of Mankato, died Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at Oaklawn Health Care Center.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Christ the King Lutheran Church with Rev. Donahue Sarff, officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at Mankato Mortuary and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Memorials are preferred to Christ the King Lutheran Church or to the ISJ Foundation.
Joyce was born August 7, 1929 in Cass County, North Dakota to Edwin and Mabel (Beyer) Schultz. She was a 1947 Bertha High School graduate. In April 25, 1959, she was united in marriage to William L. Holtz in Mankato. William died on June 16, 2003.
Joyce was a bookkeeper for Mankato Tile and Terrazo for many years. She was a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church and a former President of the Does of the Mankato Elks lodge.
Survivors include a brother, Allyn Schultz of Sumner, IA; two sisters and their husbands, Lila and Richard Kastens of Burnsville, and Della and Delbert Kary of Payson, AZ; three nephews and many cousins. Joyce was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.