Joanne C. Stuart, 78, of Lake Havasu, Arizona, formerly of Elkhorn, died Nov. 10, 2021, at her home with her great niece Shannon Butler and her two dogs by her side.
She was born April 2, 1943, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, to the late Lester and Goldie (Ditmore) Goetz Sr. She graduated from High School in 1961 in Fontana, California.
Joanne was a pharmacy technician employed with Aurora Lakeland Hospital and Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center. Joanne worked part-time as an aide at Lakeland School. When the children were small she was a stay-at-home mother, making all the trips to town from their rural home in Elkhorn for baseball practices, games and Girl Scout functions. She was a great seamstress and was active with the Lakeland Players and the Red Hat Society. She was a loyal donor to the humane society and veterans organizations. Joanne got a second chance at life in 2005 when she was a kidney transplant recipient.
She will be greatly missed by her three children, Dwayne (Ann) Deakins of Elkhorn, Michelle (Derek) Deusing of Watertown, and Lorie Deakins of Mosinee; eight grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and one sister Dorothy Ketrow of Middlesex, New Jersey.
Joanne was preceded in death by her son, Dale Deakins; sisters, Ruthie (Harold) Ansel and Joyce (Wayne) Burnette; and brother, Lester (Verla) Goetz Jr.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 27, at Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Home, 730 N. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will be at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Tibbets.
Memorials may be made in Joanne’s name to a local animal shelter of the donor’s choice.
For the online guestbook, visit haaselockwoodfhs.com.
