Joyce Marie Ferrari Obit

JOYCE MARIE FERRARI, 85, of Crosby, died on Feb. 2, 2022 at Aitkin Health Services in Aitkin.  She was born on March 11, 1936 in Crosby to Walter and Alice (Midthun) Heineman. She held a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Minnesota Duluth and in Nursing from the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth. Joyce was a former owner of the Crosby Bar, Dee J’s Floral in Crosby, Dee J’s clothing store in Crosby, the Cuyuna Lanes and the Snow Hut in Crosby.  She was a retired teacher in the Aitkin School District and a former Lab Tech at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd. Preceding Joyce in death are her parents; her husband, John “Jinx” in 2007; great-grandchild, Lucas Ferrari; one brother, Leonard Heineman and one sister, Sharon Anderson. Joyce is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Ricky and Dolly Ferrari of Crosby; three daughters and sons-in-law, Deanna Ferrari of Edina, Ann and Sean Guard of Ridgefield, WA and Darla and Curt Fiedler of Brainerd; one brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Tess Heineman of Wibaux; one sister, Linda Frank of Chicago, IL; nine grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Crosby.  Burial will be at the Lakewood Cemetery in Crosby.  A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.   Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home in Crosby.