Obituaries : Joyce Winsor Cole

Joyce Winsor Cole, 81, died Wednesday, August 21, 2019 St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness.

     Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton with Rev. David Lingard officiating.  Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton.  Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 PM, Monday at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6^th St., in Vinton. 

     Joyce was born February 3, 1938 in Cedar Rapids to Vernon and Helen (Curran) Schrader.  During high school she taught Sunday School and graduated from the Newhall High School in 1956.  She then attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls for one year.

     On July 21, 1957 she was united in marriage to Keith Winsor at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall.  Joyce worked as the office manager for Winsor Oil Company and Keith Winsor Small Engine Repair prior to her retirement. Keith preceded her in death on April 2, 1990.  On February 4, 1998 she married Gene Cole in Arizona. 

     Joyce was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, where she was active as a Sunday and Mid-Week Teacher and  in the choir and bell choir.  She was also a member of the Lutheran Home Auxiliary since 1984.   She loved to play cards, especially bridge, gardening and growing raspberries.  Joyce truly loved her family, especially all her grandchildren.

     She is survived by her husband, Gene Cole; her children, Kevin (Teri) Winsor, Diana West, Jeff (Lisa) Winsor, and Barb Winsor, all of Vinton; her twelve grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; two step-children, Douglas (Lisa) Cole and Valerie (Mark) Tischenor all of Scottsdale, AZ ; and six step-grandchildren; and four step-great grandchildren; her sister, Joan Reinberg of Atkins, and her brother, Robert Schrader of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.

     In addition to her parents and husband, Keith she was preceded in death by her brother-in-law, Ernie Reinberg.    

     A Memorial Fund has been established and condolences may be left at:  www.phillipsfuneralhome.com