Joan Vonstroh

Joan Louise (Viets) VonStroh, 89, of Lockwood, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Good Shepherd Nursing Home. On April 27, 1926, she was born to H.C. (Tommy) and Edna (Bartling) Viets in Lockwood, MO. She graduated from Golden City High School and Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. Joan married Laurence William VonStroh on September 3, 1949. They were blessed with sixty-six years of marriage and three daughters: Jane Peters, Carol Bishop, and Paula Lasater. Joan was a life-long member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lockwood, where she taught Sunday school and sang in the choir for over 30 years. Joan' special gift was loving and teaching young children. Joan was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Laurence VonStroh of Lockwood; daughters: Jane and Kenneth Peters of Jefferson City, Carol and Steve Bishop of Concordia, and Paula and Randy Lasater of Lockwood; 8 grandchildren: Jennifer Moore of Edmond, OK, Steven Bishop of Guthrie, OK, Jennifer Kunkel, Meredith Marsh, and Blair Sayre all of Concordia, Clay Lasater and Joseph Lasater of Lockwood, and Lauren Plank of Shawnee, KS; 16 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. The family would like to extend our deepest Thank You to Reverend Gary Griffin and Reverend Kyle Fittje of Immanuel Lutheran Church, the Lockwood Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Hospice Compassus, and Dr. Joseph Wilson.