Joyce E. Hilmershausen

Joyce Elaine Hilmershausen, 81, of Marathon passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 5, 2021 under the care of Compassus Hospice at House of the Dove, Marshfield.

Joyce was born April 23, 1940 in Wausau, daughter of the late Bernhard and Alice (Kufahl) Raddatz.  She graduated from Wausau High School and started her career at Employer’s Insurance in Wausau.  She met Herman Hilmershausen of Marathon at a dance at Rib River Ballroom and they were married on June 17, 1961.  Together they had five children and she spent her life on the family farm.

Joyce was a loving and hardworking wife and mother who always had one of her famous “Joyce-isms” to put a smile on your face.  Her interests included gardening, crocheting, knitting, sewing, needlework, birdwatching and reading.  Her grandchildren remember her most for her “Grandma Cookies” for all the cookies she made and as “Sucker Grandma” for the jar of suckers she kept for them when they walked in the door.

Survivors include her husband, Herman and children, Russell (Debbie) Hilmershausen, granddaughters, Wendy (Matt) Schumacher and Laura Hilmershausen.  Lynn (Dale) Louze, grandchildren, Jennifer (fiancé Mike Morien) Lehrmann, Christopher Lehrmann and Kimberlie Lehrmann, Sara (Stan) Lang, grandchildren, Harley (significant other Emily Hartke) Lang, Mari (significant other Jordan Mann) Lang, Michael Lang, Lizzy (significant other David Anderson) Lang and Jasper Lang, Beth (Mark) Lewis, grandchildren, Brent Block, Hannah Block and Natalie Block.  Ann (Mark) Sczygelski, grandsons, Darren Johnson and Nathan Johnson.  As well as two great-granddaughters, Lexi Schumacher and Brooklyn Mann and a sister-in-law, Pat Raddatz-Hagen.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Gerald Raddatz, sister-in-law, Leora Schoenherr and brother-in-law, Fred Schoenherr.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 11, 2021 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Town of Stettin.  Visitation will be Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of services all at the church.  Rev. Will Ostrem will officiate the service.

The family requests that all attendees please wear a mask.

The family would like to thank Compassus Hospice and House of the Dove for the outstanding, compassionate care provided to Joyce.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.petersonkraemer.com