Joan Frances Shipe
January 5, 1936 ~ April 25, 2025
Joan F. Shipe, 89, Brandon, SD, widow of Raymond George Shipe, peacefully departed this world at home, on Friday, April 25, 2025.
As per their wishes, Joan will be cremated, and she and Raymond’s ashes will be inurned together beside her parents at St. John’s German Lutheran Cemetery in Elizabeth, Minnesota.
Joan Frances Hoffmann was born in Fergus Falls, MN, on January 5, 1936, to Elmer and Frances (Trenne) Hoffmann. She was raised in Fergus Falls, an only child to her parents. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School, and on February 17, 1955, she married Raymond G. Shipe at the Catholic Church in Wahpeton, ND.
Joan stayed home and nurtured their four children, Brenda, Preston, Dawn, and Neil, while Raymond worked as a truck driver and machinist. Joan and Ray lived in Breckenridge, MN for 18 years and then another 24 years in Fergus Falls, MN, before enjoying their retirement with their youngest son, Neil, in Brandon, SD.
Joan and Ray were active choir members of Risen Savior Catholic Church in Brandon. Ray was one of the designers of the beautiful prayer garden beside the church.
Joan is survived by her four children, Brenda Hansen, Staunton, VA, Preston (Betty) Shipe, Haslet, TX, Dawn Lane Mehl, Fargo, ND, and Neil (Leigh) Shipe, Brandon, SD; eight grandchildren, Karen Hansen Arehart and Christopher Gall, Staunton, VA, Tyler Shipe, Minneapolis, MN, Kimberly Black, Keller, TX, Jeszrai Muscha, Fargo, ND, Josiah Mehl, Cape Girardeau, MO, Jordyn Braegelmann, St. Cloud, MN, and Senna Shipe, Brandon, SD; and great-grandchildren, Kaeden Click, John Preston Arehart IV (Jack), Boston Self, Adrian and Elliot Braegelmann, Selah, Millie, and Noah Black, and Clara Mehl.
Joan is preceded in death by her adoring husband, Raymond; and her parents, Elmer and Frances Hoffmann.
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