Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
A funeral service for JoAnne H. Harders was held Thursday, July 1, 2021, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hartley. Rev. David Ericksen officiated.
Pallbearers were Christopher Freeman, Barrett Lang, Jonathon Lang, Marcus Lang, Brian Miller, Duane Heaberlin and Alexander Freeman. Honorary pallbearers were Angela Rueter, Lisa Miller, Elizabeth Heaberlin and Emily Angus. Interment was at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. Hartley Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.
JoAnne Helen Harders, the daughter of Ernest and Beulah (Carroll) Singelstad, was born on Oct. 26, 1947 in Spencer. She was raised and received her early education at Lake Center and Terril, graduating from Terril High School. She went on to UNI at Cedar Falls and received her bachelor’s degree. Following graduation, she worked as a teacher and then a social worker in Pender, Neb.
On Feb. 12, 1977, JoAnne married Ervin Harders in Terril. Following their marriage the couple lived on a farm near Hartley, where she fulfilled her dream of being a farmer’s wife and raising her family. JoAnne was a longtime faithful member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, where she served for many years as a Sunday school teacher, was a longtime member of LWML and Mary Circle, and was always willing to help out where needed.
JoAnne enjoyed going camping with her family and traveling after their retirement. She loved entertaining and having family come to her home. Her greatest moments were spending time with her family, especially her granddaughter, Katelyn.
After battling rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes for many years, she passed away at the age of 73 on Sunday, June 27, 2021, at Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., surrounded by loved ones.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother-in-law, Craig Freeman.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Ervin; son, Daniel (Tiffany), of Holyrood, Kan.; daughter, Kim Rye (Alan), of Hartley; granddaughter, Katelyn Rye, of Hartley; sisters: Joyce Freeman, of Stevensville, Mich.; Jolene Lang (Douglas), of Polk City; and Julie Angus (Thomas), of Dallas Center; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.
