V. "Joycelynn" Herr, 61, Windom, formerly of Luverne, died Sunday, July 29, 2001, at Sogge Good Samaritan Home in Windom after a battle with ovarian cancer.
Services were Wednesday, Aug. 1, at Evangelical Free Church in Windom. The Rev. David Lightner officiated.
"Joycelynn" Steinfeldt was born to William C. and Vivian K. (Miller) Steinfeldt on June 19, 1940, in Luverne. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1958.
She married Marvin Kroontje in 1960, Frederick Herr in 1974, and Charles Hendricks in 1980. She was a homemaker and also worked for a short time out of the home as a nurse's aid. She lived in several communities throughout Minnesota and the United States, including Luverne, Waukegan, Ill., Kenneth, Magnolia, Salt Lake City, Utah, Las Vegas, Nev., Windom and then Mt. Lake. She continued to live in Mt. Lake until recently when her health began to decline and she became a resident of Sogge Good Samaritan Home.
Mrs. Herr attended Evangelical Free Church in Windom. She was active as a volunteer for the Cottonwood County DAC and Sogge Home activities.
Survivors include seven children, Mark Kroontje and his wife, Susan, Herreid, S.D., Vivian Griffin and her husband, Keith, Sodus, Mich., William Kroontje and his wife, Brenda, Ashton, Iowa, Trudy Schniderman and her friend, Howard Brower, Round Lake, Darcene Lensing and her husband, Gregory, Comfrey, David Miller and April, Las Vegas, Nev., and Chris Herr and his wife, Cindy, Sioux Falls, S.D; 22 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers, William A. (Ruth) Steinfeldt, Windom, and James Steinfeldt, Luverne; Betty Jean (Jim) Fullington, Whitehall, Wis., and Helen L. Kellen, Luverne; and special friend, Robert Stoesz, Mt. Lake.
Mrs. Herr was preceded in death by her parents, and spouse, Charles Hendricks.
Anderson Schmidt Funeral Home, Windom, was in charge of arrangements.