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Joyce Ann Runberg dies and funeral is announced, 2020

Also Joyce Runberg death 2020 · Joyce Runberg funeral

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TypeEvent
Dates2020-08-16 – 2020-09-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
2020-08-16 – 2020-09-01
Kind
Death and funeral
Where
place/holy-cross-church
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
deathnursinghospiceemergency-medical-servicescommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Joyce Ann Runberg died on August 16, 2020, aged 87. A reproduced obituary describes her nursing career, hospice work in Beaver Island and Arizona, and participation with her husband Johnny in the island’s first EMT class. The family announced visitation with a rosary on August 31 and an outdoor funeral service at Holy Cross Church on September 1.

Evidence limits

The contemporaneous notice and reproduced obituary establish the reported death and biographical details. The forum preserves the announced service schedule, but not an independent funeral record or attendance report. The original Mortensen Funeral Homes publication is referenced but is not separately held in this archive.

Sources

  1. A community notice reported that Joyce Runberg died on August 16, 2020. The notice is contemporaneous but does not itself provide a biography or service details.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015541
  2. The reproduced obituary gives the death date, age, family, nursing career, founding of Beaver Island Hospice Helping Hands in the 1990s, and participation by Joyce and Johnny in the first island EMT class. The family notice announced August 31 visitation and a September 1 outdoor funeral at Holy Cross Church. The archive does not separately preserve the funeral-home original or a service outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015557
  3. The reproduced obituary gives the death date, age, family, nursing career, founding of Beaver Island Hospice Helping Hands in the 1990s, and participation by Joyce and Johnny in the first island EMT class. The family notice announced August 31 visitation and a September 1 outdoor funeral at Holy Cross Church. The archive does not separately preserve the funeral-home original or a service outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015560

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Joyce Ann Runberg dies and funeral is announced, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joyce-runberg-death-and-funeral-2020/, accessed [date], citing Community notice, “Joyce Runberg RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, August 17, 2020. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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