True, Joyce Evelyn (Barker) Pieken (1938 - 2024)

TRUE, BARKER, PIEKEN, BEASLEY, SLACK

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/31/2024 at 15:18:00

Name of deceased: Joyce Evelyn Pieken True (nee Barker)

Aged: 86 yrs, 3 days

Residence: Elk Horn, Shelby County, IA

Born: June 9, 1938; Audubon, Audubon County, IA

Died: June 12, 2024; Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Friday, June 21, 2024; Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Avoca, IA; private family burial was in Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, IA

Survived by: Children, Terry (spouse, Connie) Pieken of Avoca, IA, Pam Beasley of Springfield, MO, Bill True, II of Avoca, IA, and Donna (spouse, Jeff) Slack of Viborg, SD; daughter-in-law, Linda Pieken of Avoca, IA; 17 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Willie and Neoma Barker; first husband, Kenneth Pieken (deceased 1963 ; second husband, William True (deceased June 9th, 2017); son, Tim Pieken

Education: no information provided

Religious affiliation: Member, United Church of Avoca (IA); helped in numerous areas at the United Church of Avoca, including being a Sunday School teacher

Military service: n/a

Marriages: (1) Kenneth Pieken; 1954; location not provided (2) William True; Jan. 7, 1972; location not provided

Employment: Farmer’s wife; had also worked in the kitchen at the school and the nursing home in Avoca.

Hobbies/Interests: Loved having her family around, together enjoying a puzzle, board game or a family favorite, a game of Canasta; was a wonderful cook and at Christmas she provided endless containers of goodies; loved being outside, working in the garden or tending her flowers. Over the years, she was on a bowling league, president and active member of the garden club, taught swimming lessons, and was a Cub Scout leader. She was a force behind the restoration of the courthouse in Avoca (IA) and was active with the museum.

Sources: harlanonline.com; knodfm.com; pauleyjones.com; ancestry.com, Iowa, U.S., Births (series) 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births (series), 1856-1940