Joyce Schmidtke

Joyce Schmidtke, 79, of Stacyville, Iowa died Saturday, July 22, 2023 at Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 28, 2023 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Osage with Rev. Cindy Krause officiating. A visitation will be held prior to the service at the church starting at 12:30 p.m. Burial will be at Osage Cemetery. Joyce was born in Charles City, Iowa on February 3, 1944 to Robert and Ruby (Campbell) Smith. She attended and graduated from Charles City High School in 1962. Joyce enjoyed sewing, crafts and going to the Senior Saints Center. Her biggest joy was her family and spending quality time with them. Joyce is survived by her: children, Tom (Holly) Schmidtke of Mason City, Dale (Brenda) Schmidtke of Mason City, Danny Schmidtke of DeWitt and Suzie Hobkirk of Stacyville; 11 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sister, Rozella (Bruce) Melancon of Lafitte, Louisiana; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers and sisters, a son-in-law, Mike Hobkirk, and grandson, Colby Schmidtke.