Joyce Marie Nelsen

Services for Joyce Marie Nelsen were held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson. Visitation was held one hour prior to the service. Mark Nelsen provided words of comfort. Honorary casket bearers were her beloved grandsons: Johnathon Flores, Taylon Madison, and Nicholas Flores. Casket bearers were: Brad Strain, Randy Buenting, Scott Deavers, Chris Nelsen, Carl Nelsen, and Taylon Madison. Recorded song selected was "Could I Have This Dance" by Anne Murray. Interment took place at Lost Grove Township Cemetery in Gowrie, Iowa. Joyce Marie Nelsen, daughter of Robert Johnson and Candace Marie Jopekan Johnson, was born April 10, 1949 in Akron, Ohio and died July 8, 2021 at her home in Grand Junction, Iowa after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Joyce attended Catholic School growing up in Akron, then in Coply, Ohio. After high school she went on to college where she got her bachelor's degree in Library Science. She lived in California for fourteen years where she met the love of her life Carl Franklin Nelsen. The couple was united in marriage on December 27, 1980 at the Lakewood Community Church in Long Beach, California. They were blessed with two daughters Julie and Tracy. The family moved to Grand Junction, Iowa where they made their forever home. Joyce worked at the Library in Grand Junction as a library assistant. She also worked at Genesis and the Howard Center in Carroll, and most importantly as a mother. She loved her family with all of her heart, and it gave her great pride to take care of each and every one of them. She was a loving aunt who was loved by so many. Joyce liked to go shopping and go gambling at the casinos. She was a member of the St Bridges Church in Grand Junction. Joyce is preceded in death by her parents Robert and Candace, her daughter Tracy Gemind, and her brother Kenny Johnson. She will be deeply missed by her husband of 41 years Carl Franklin Nelsen; her daughter Julie Flores (Silas) of Phoenix, Arizona; her three grandsons: Johnathon Flores, Taylon Madison, and Nicholas Flores, her aunt Anna Allison of Ohio, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Previous Events Visitation JUL 13. 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (CT) Hastings Funeral Home - Jefferson 403 North Elm Jefferson, IA 50129 (515) 386-8181 hastingsfuneral@netins.net Funeral Service JUL 13. 11:00 AM (CT) Hastings Funeral Home - Jefferson 403 North Elm Jefferson, IA 50129 (515) 386-8181 hastingsfuneral@netins.net