Joyce Bohlken Jan. 18, 1947 – March 3, 2021

      Joyce Bohlken, 74, of Scotch Grove, entered her heavenly home on March 3, 2021 at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids after a prolonged fight with heart disease.

      Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday, March 8 at St. John's Lutheran Church, rural Monticello. Visitation was held prior to the service beginning at 1 p.m. Interment was in the St. John's Cemetery. Pastor Caleb Schewe officiated at the services. You may sign the guestbook or leave a condolence at Goettschonline.com. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Anamosa Community Hospital Cardia Rehabilitation Unit.

      Surviving loved ones include her sister, Lois Bohlken Dusdieker, (Nile) of North Liberty, and their three children; Anna (Michael) Duke of Pennant Hills, Australia, Carol Dusdieker Archer (Thaddeus) of Perrysburg, Ohio, Nile Thomas Dusdieker, (Alyson) of Tiffin, great-nieces and nephews, Chloe and Thaddeus Archer, Patrick, Adam and Benjamin Duke, Nile Oscar and Thomas Dusdieker. She was preceded in death by her parents Adolph (Boots) and Jean Bohlken and a sister Janette.

      Joyce Mary Bohlken was born Jan. 18, 1947 at John McDonalds Hospital, Monticello, Iowa. She was the daughter of Adolph and Jean Royden, Bohlken. Joyce attended Rocky Ridge Country School near Scotch Grove and graduated from the Monticello Community Schools in 1965. Joyce graduated from Iowa State University in 1968. She taught Junior High Science for 40 years in the North Cedar Schools. Joyce helped her sister Janette run the Scotch Grove Nursery until they retired in 2016. Joyce was a lifelong member of St. John's Lutheran Church. She was an excellent quilter and bread baker.