Obit: Ackerman, Joyce M (1931 - 2007)

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Surnames: Ackerman, Komis, Wesneski, Raczykowski, Porath, Behringer

----Sources: Marshfield News Hearld, (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) May 8, 2007

Ackerman, Joyce M (8 May 1931 - 5 May 2007)

Joyce M. Ackerman

COLBY -- Joyce M. Ackerman, 75 of Colby, died Saturday, May 5, 2007, at Saint Joseph's Hospital Palliative Care Unit, Marshfield.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Curtiss, Wis. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, Curtiss, Wis.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Maurina Funeral Home, Abbotsford, Wis. Maurina/Community Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Joyce was born May 8, 1931, in Clark County to John and Mae (Komis) Wesneski.

Joyce and Joseph Ackerman Jr. were married Feb. 4, 1950. He died Nov. 11, 1999. They farmed in the town of Hoard, Clark County, until retiring in 1991. She also worked in area nursing homes. She moved to Abbotsford in 2005 and spent the last two years at the Angelus Retirement Community in Colby.

Joyce is survived by her children, Dennis (Lee) Ackerman of Monument, Colo., Daniel (Kristi) Ackerman of Loveland, Colo., Joann (Burt) Raczykowski of Monument, Colo., Dean (Susan) Ackerman of Owen and Douglas (Polly) Ackerman of Withee; 17 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Anna Mae Porath of Withee, and Jean (George) Behringer of Winneconne.