Joann K. Rozema of Marshfield, Wisconsin passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Marshfield Medical Center at the age of 88.
Joann was born on April 1, 1934 near Hartley, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence and Mabyl (Bryant) Bobzien. When she was 1 1/2 years old she was raised by Neva and Martin Decker.
She went to country school and graduated from Hartley High School in 1952 and worked in Sheridan’s Variety Store in Primghar, Iowa for several years.
On December 31, 1955 she married Henry Rozema of Sanborn in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hartley, Iowa and to this union four children were born. They farmed north of Sanborn for 24 years. In 1979 they moved to Wisconsin to continue dairy/farming until their retirement. Henry passed away on May 30, 2018.
She worked in Marshfield at Figi’s, Kris’s Sidewalk Café, the Marshfield News Herald and also the Kickapoo Cheese Plant in Sherry.
Joann enjoyed crafts, sewing, quilting, cake decorating, knitting, crocheting, country music, polka, and hymns. Her family enjoyed her angel food cakes, bread, cinnamon rolls, bismarks, and glazed doughnuts.
Joann is survived by her children, Yvonne (Mark) Ledeboer, Jay (Marcy) Rozema, Neda Rozema, and Rene Rozema. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Jason Ledeboer, Erick (Amanda) Ledeboer, Krista (Andrew) Spencer, Kamie (Chris) Pupols, and Alyssa (David) Shedivy. She is also survived by eight great grandchildren, Ellie, Ava, and Charlotte Shedivy, Olivia Pupols, and Rowan, Desmond, Lincoln, and Oscar Spencer, and Alice Ledeboer.
Surviving siblings are Jon Bobzien, Darrel (Janet) Bobzien, Gary (Pat) Bobzien, and Gale Bobzien, a sister-in-law Florene Bobzien and many other relatives and friends.
She was proceeded in death by her parents, Neva and Martin Decker, her siblings, Clarence Jr. and Karen Bobzien (in infancy), Ila Hurtig, Joyce Dunn, Mary Giep, Gaylord Bobzien and Gaylen Bobzien (twins), and Sheryl Bobzien, and a grandson Nathan Rozema (in infancy).
A Mass of Christian Burial was held on April 9 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Marshfield, with Rev. Douglas Robertson officiating. Burial was on April 15 at East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon, Iowa.
Rembs Funeral Home & Crematory of Marshfield was in charge of arrangements.