1939
Mary
2007
Mary Joan Bojanski
April 9, 1939 — December 15, 2007
Mary Joan Bojanski, 68, of Sioux City died Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, at a Sioux City hospital.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Valerie Heller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Christy-Smith Morningside Funeral Home.
Joan was born on April 9, 1939, in Sargent, Neb., the daughter of Charles C. and Lois F. (Turner) Ailshie. She was raised in Sargent and graduated from Sargent High School in 1956. She then attended Fellow Life Management Institute. She worked as an office manager in Omaha, Neb. She then came to Sioux City and was an office manager for several companies in the Sioux City area.
She was a longtime member of Grace United Methodist Church, where she served on various church boards and committees and also taught Sunday school. She was active in the Iowan ABWA, League of Women Voters and a member of PEO DX Chapter. She had also served on the Parent Advisory Council at East High School.
Survivors include her two children, a daughter and her husband, Pamela Ann and Steve Braun of Maryville, Mo.; and a son, John Charles Bojanski of Nashville, Tenn.; two grandchildren, Jacob Charles Braun and Jackson Alexander Braun; a sister, Anita Y. Hoffman of Omaha; a brother and his wife, Elwyn Eugene and Doris Ailshie of Mesa, Ariz.; as well as several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Pallbearers will be Dick Hunsaker, Larry Smith, Carl Braun, Roger Jensen, Dick Engle and Tom DeWitte. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in her name for Grace United Methodist Church.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Valerie Heller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Christy-Smith Morningside Funeral Home.
Joan was born on April 9, 1939, in Sargent, Neb., the daughter of Charles C. and Lois F. (Turner) Ailshie. She was raised in Sargent and graduated from Sargent High School in 1956. She then attended Fellow Life Management Institute. She worked as an office manager in Omaha, Neb. She then came to Sioux City and was an office manager for several companies in the Sioux City area.
She was a longtime member of Grace United Methodist Church, where she served on various church boards and committees and also taught Sunday school. She was active in the Iowan ABWA, League of Women Voters and a member of PEO DX Chapter. She had also served on the Parent Advisory Council at East High School.
Survivors include her two children, a daughter and her husband, Pamela Ann and Steve Braun of Maryville, Mo.; and a son, John Charles Bojanski of Nashville, Tenn.; two grandchildren, Jacob Charles Braun and Jackson Alexander Braun; a sister, Anita Y. Hoffman of Omaha; a brother and his wife, Elwyn Eugene and Doris Ailshie of Mesa, Ariz.; as well as several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Pallbearers will be Dick Hunsaker, Larry Smith, Carl Braun, Roger Jensen, Dick Engle and Tom DeWitte. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in her name for Grace United Methodist Church.
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