64454_Joan R._Andreason
Joan R. Andreasen, 87, of Algona, died Thursday September 11, 2014, at the Algona Manor Care Center.
Joan Wharton Andreasen was born on August 5, 1927, to Ray and Ruth (Holmes) Wharton in Wright County, Iowa. She attended rural schools and graduated from Rowan High School in 1944. She attended Iowa State Teachers College and began her teaching career in a rural school in Franklin County.
Joan accepted the Lord as her personal Savior at a young age. On December 31, 1950 she was married to Warren Andreasen. One daughter Kathleen was born to them in 1954. Joan taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School many years. She loved to travel, go camping, and crocheting; but her greatest love was her family and her Lord.
She is survived by her husband, Warren; daughter, Kathleen (Rick) Sandifer; granddaughters, Kelly Sandifer and Kristen (Stephen) Ryland; great granddaughter, Claire Ryland; sister Marjorie Wheeler; sisters-in-law, Beulah Wharton and Harriet Wharton and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ray and Ruth Wharton; brothers; Roscoe, Robert and Ronald Wharton; sisters, Joyce Hackbarth and Jean Markham, brothers-in-law, Raymond Wheeler and Arnold Andreasen and sister-in-law, Donna Andreasen.
Service
Date and time
Monday, Sep 15, 2014
10:30 AM
Location
Hillcrest Baptist Church ~ Algona
1227 Hwy 18 East
Algona, Iowa
Notes
Interment: East Lawn Cemetery ~ Algona, Iowa