Joyce Hendrickson, 80, Albert Lea

Published 12:00 am Friday, November 16, 2007

Funeral services for Joyce Antoinette Hendrickson, 80, of Albert Lea, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hartland Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hartland. The Rev. Dennis Schmidt will officiate. Interment will be at the Hartland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church.

Joyce died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, Ariz.

Joyce Antoinette Hendrickson was born on April 27, 1927, to Oscar and Hilda (Haakinson) Hallum in Manchester Township of Freeborn County. As she grew up her family lived on farms in Freeborn County and she attended country school, graduating from Freeborn High school in 1945. Joyce married Edward Hendrickson in 1945 at the Hartland parsonage. She was a devoted wife and mother. Joyce was a member of the Hartland Evangelical Lutheran Church where she served as Sunday school superintendent, was active in the Ladies Aid and Mission Circle. Joyce enjoyed playing bridge with her neighbors and her monthly lunches with her high school classmates.

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Survivors include her husband, Edward; children, Carolyn (Butch) Nolan, Kathleen Schrader, Wayne (Nannette) Hendrickson, Joan (Dean) Lindquist, Larry (Rita) Hendrickson; 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two brothers-in-law; two sisters-in-law; and many nieces and nephews.

Joyce was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers; two sisters; and son-in-law, Jim Schrader.