Joan I. Beckstrom, 95 of Hornick, Iowa passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at a hospital in Onawa, IA. Funeral services will be held 11:00 am Monday, December 6, 2021 at the Holly Springs Bible Fellowship Church. Burial will be in Willow Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at the church.

Joan Beckstrom was born October 19, 1926 in Audubon, IA. the daughter of Edward and Alice (Anderson) Schwab. She graduated from Guthrie Center. Joan moved to Omaha and worked for the Rail Road. She moved to Clarks, NE. and in 1946, married Gerald Beckstrom. Together they made their home in Clarks, moving to Hornick Iowa area to farm in 1949. For 43 years, Joan worked at Maple Heights Nursing Home in Mapleton, Iowa. Gerald died in 1999. She was a member of Holly Springs Bible Fellowship Church, Women’s Neighborhood Club, and liked to listen to preaching on the radio and enjoyed gardening.

She is survived by her three children, Donald (Kathy) Beckstrom of Carroll, IA, Ronald (Shelly) Beckstrom of Pierson, IA, and Marilyn (Larry) Kahman of Sioux City, IA; 16 grandchildren; 39 great grandchildren; 11 great-great grandchildren,; and sister, Joyce Schwab of Onawa, IA.

Joan is preceded in death by her parents, husband, one great-great grandchild, and two brothers, Gerald and Jimmy.