Joann Louise Thoe

JOANN LOUISE THOE

JoAnn Louise Thoe, 90, passed away on February 9, 2022, at Cascade Creek Memory Care in Rochester, MN.

JoAnn was born on the Peck Place in Beaver, Winona County, MN the daughter of Claude and Agnes (Yarolimek) Peck.  The family lived in Beaver four- and one-half years and then moved to St. Charles where JoAnn started kindergarten. When she was in 6 ^th grade, they moved to the Dover area, and she went 6 – 8 ^th grade in a country school. As a freshman she attended high school in St. Charles and graduated in June 1949.  JoAnn started Winona State and graduated in the spring of 1951.  Her teaching experience include teaching in Byron, Dodge Center, Grand Meadow and a rural school in Simpson, MN.  In 1953, she married Allen Scharberg.  He was killed in an accident in 1958. She moved to Rochester in 1959 and finished her 4-year degree while managing an apartment house.  On December 9, 1960, she married Donald Thoe and they made their home in the Hayfield area. JoAnn was a very active member in the church activities, circles and Auxiliary in both West St. Olaf and South Zumbro Lutheran Churches.

JoAnn is survived by her children, Gregory (Lisa) Thoe, Kasson, MN; Audrey Faulhaber, Rochester, MN; grandchildren, Joseph (Hillary) Hughes, Isaac Thoe, Kelsey (Nick) Gleason, Mitchell Morris and Katie Morris and one great grandchild, Hadley and several loving nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, and sisters, Frances, Arlene, Sharon, Beverly and brother, Lyle.

A private family funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Czaplewski Family Funeral Home, 501 2 ^nd Street NW in Hayfield with Reverend Pete Wyttenbach officiating.

Interment will be in West St. Olaf Lutheran Church Cemetery in rural Hayfield.  Blessed be her memory.

You are invited to join a live stream of the funeral service on the Czaplewski Facebook page starting at 1:20 p.m. central time; https://www.facebook.com/Czaplewski-Family-Funeral-Homes-Crematory-336420016774213/ .

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Czaplewski Family Funeral Homes

501 2 ^nd Street NW ~ Hayfield, Minnesota

507/477/2259