Joan “Becky” Kehoe April 18, 1947 – Sept. 22, 2025

Joan “Becky” Kehoe, 78, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at Cascade Care Center.

      Mass of Christian Burial was held 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Monticello. Interment was in Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery, Castle Grove.  Friends called from 4 until 7 p.m. Thursday at Goettsch Funeral Home. 

      Surviving is her husband Ronald; three children, Lori Ann (Kevin) Hach, Brian (Angie) Kehoe, and Lisa (Matt) Nelson; three grandchildren, Conner, Keaton, and Michael.  She was preceded by her parents and a sister, Lois.

      Joan Rebecca Muller was born in Waterloo, Iowa on April 18, 1947, the daughter of Robert and Adeline Sobotta Muller.  She graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1965.  She went to work at Iowa National Mutual Insurance Company in Cedar Rapids.   Becky married Ronald Kehoe June 26, 1971, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Cedar Falls.  The couple farmed in Castle Grove Township.  In later years Becky did gift wrapping at Von Maur in Cedar Rapids. 

      Becky volunteered at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Senior Dining in Monticello, and the Immaculate Conception Rosary Guild cleaning the church. She enjoyed gardening, canning, and baking.  Becky often took vegetables, flowers and baked goods to enter at the Jones County Fair.  Becky enjoyed family vacations to Cubs games and going on Caribbean cruises.  She especially enjoyed time spent with family and friends, and shopping.  

      The family would like to thank Above and Beyond Hospice for all their wonderful care.