Joyce Eleanor Lowe

Joyce Eleanor Lowe, 100, of Grafton, ND passed away April 2, 2022, at Lutheran Sunset Home. Joyce was born November 24, 1921, at Yakima, WA to Nicholas and Ethel (Miller) Rinde.  At an early age, the family moved to Hoople, ND where she graduated from Hoople High School in 1939. Joyce attended University of North Dakota and the State School of Science, Wahpeton. She worked in Minneapolis, MN, at Dunwoody Institute for two years and then for the State Department, Washington, DC, for three years.

On July 20, 1947, Joyce married Vincent (Bud) Lowe in Hoople. They made their home in Grafton, where she raised three sons, Jeff, John, and Mark. Later, she worked in the business office at the Life Skills and Transition Center for 24 years, retiring in 1988.  They moved into assisted living at Leisure Estates in February 2012.

She was a member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church and active in WELCA and did volunteer work at the Lutheran Sunset Home. Joyce enjoyed the daily puzzle in the paper. She also enjoyed her afternoon coffee with her special friends at Leisure Estates.  Her family enjoyed the stories that she would tell and how she could remember dates late into her life. She loved to visit with family and friends. Joyce kept up with the current news, reading the Grafton Record, Grand Forks Herald, and other magazines cover to cover. She loved her rides in the car, especially to Hoople. Joyce had quite the memory up until her health failed and she then moved into Sunset Home January 2021. Joyce really enjoyed her 100 ^th birthday celebration November 2021 at the Grafton Armory with many friends and family in attendance.

Survivors include her sons: Jeff Lowe, Bismarck, ND; John (Pat) Lowe, Monroeville, PA; Mark (Kathy) Lowe, Bismarck; 6 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren: Nic (Christie) Lowe, Sandy, UT, Katie and Abby; Mike (Barbie) Lowe, Bismarck, Madisyn and Ethan; Chris (Jenn) Lowe, Zionsville, IN, Emma and Carter; Jenn (Scott) Bash, N Huntingdon, PA, Elin, Leah, and Kate; Julianne (Garrett) Horntvedt, Bismarck, Oliver and Theo; and Lydia Lowe, Bismarck. Sister: Marge Haggart, Fargo, ND and Sister-in-laws: Betty Rinde, Grafton, and Shirley Rinde, Fargo.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Bud in July 2012; brothers: Robert and James; sister: Dorothy Zimmerman; and daughter-in-law, Laura Lowe.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Assisted Living at Leisure Estates or Our Saviors Lutheran Church.

The family would like to express the appreciation of the care she received at Leisure Estates, Lutheran Sunset Home and Shelley McCann for her assistance and many rides.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 11;00 AM at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church of Grafton. Visitation will be Tuesday from 6-7:00 PM with a prayer service at 7:00 PM at the Tollefson Funeral Home of Grafton. Friends may also call at the church on Wednesday for one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Grafton Lutheran Cemetery in the spring.