Obit: Proft, Joyce A. (1932? - 2009)
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Surnames: Proft, Hironimus, Biver, Umnus

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Wood Co., Wis.) Monday, 18 May 2009

----Proft, Joyce A. (1932? - 16 May 2009)

Joyce A. Proft, 77, 607 W. Redwood St., Edgar, died Saturday, May 16, 2009, under the care of Aspirus Comfort

Care and Hospice Services at Hospice House, Wausau.

Joyce taught for more than seven years at many country schools in the Edgar area. Survivors include her husband, David Proft, Edgar; two children, William D. (Mara) Proft, Appleton, and Mary E. Hironimus, Wauconda, Ill.; three grandchildren; one sister, Dorothy Biver, South Bend, Ind.; and two brothers, Fred (Lois) Umnus, Abbotsford, and Kurt (Beverly) Umnus, Edgar.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Catholic Church, Edgar. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. Tuesday, and again from 9 a.m. until the time of services Wednesday, at the church. There will be a parish rosary service at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church.

Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home, Edgar, is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society.