Joyce M. Erlandson, age 93, passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2020 in Fargo, ND.
Private funeral services will be Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel in Watertown with Pastor Kent Stillson officiating.
Interment will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Cody Nelson, Craig Byer, Nathan Byer, Ryan Neal, Matthew Erlandson and Kyle Johnson.
Joyce M. Erlandson was born January 24, 1927to Julius and Myrtle (Duggan) Moxness in Bristol, SD. She grew up in Bristol and graduated from Bristol High School in 1945. She was united in marriage to Eugene J. Erlandson on August 22, 1948 in Bristol.
Joyce received her Registered Nursing Diploma from Presentation School of Nursing, St. Luke’s Unit in Aberdeen, South Dakota on September 1, 1948. Joyce was employed as an RN at St. Luke’s in Aberdeen, Greeley, Colorado, Winner South Dakota and 34 years at Memorial Hospital (the two hospitals merged and became Prairie Lakes Hospital) in Watertown, South Dakota.
She was a member of Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer and the Senior Citizen Center.
She enjoyed spending her time with her family and playing cards.
Joyce is survived by her children, Bruce (Cheri) Erlandson of Watertown, SD, Barbara (Ken) Johnson-Standiford of Midland, SD, Brenda (David) Byer of Fargo, ND and Jennifer (Ryan) Nelson of Onaka, SD; 11 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; two great great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Sara Erlandson; and a brother-in-law, Harold Hanson of Gardnerville, NV.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her son, Eugene Craig Erlandson; one sister Julane Hanson; two brothers, Warren Moxness and Eugene Moxness; her great-granddaughter, Braelynn Erlandson; and one great-grandson, William Byer.