Joanne Nina Beck, 87, Cromwell, died peacefully on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 in Villa Vista Care Center, Cromwell, Minnesota. She was born on October 29, 1936 in Grantsburg, Wisconsin to Sherman and Nina Bergstrom.  Joanne grew up in Superior where she attended school.  She worked as a caregiver for her nieces, nephews, and her mother and did some waitressing in her younger years.  On December 18, 1954, Joanne married Roy Beck in Cloquet.  They lived in Cromwell where they dairy farmed and raised Newfoundland dogs with brother-in-law: Julius Beck.  Joanne was an amazingly patient mother and homemaker and kept very busy raising 9 children.  Her family in Superior and the Grantsburg area were very important to Joanne and she would make frequent trips to visit them along with making yearly Memorial Day trips to the family cemeteries to place flowers on the graves.  She had a great love for polka music and played the accordion along with having an interest in the harmonica and piano.  Joanne loved the color red, flowers, dolls, bead necklaces, reading the bible and holding her babies. She enjoyed researching her Swedish heritage/genealogy.  She was well known for her generosity and being extremely friendly and would even strike up conversations with complete strangers and often ended up showing them several of her treasured photos to complete her story.  In later years, Joanne enjoyed her trips to the casino where there were many people to visit with.  In her final years, she made many friends at the Villa Vista Assisted Nursing facility.

She was preceded in death by her husband: Roy; 2 sons: Jeffrey and Sherman; granddaughter: Autumn; parents: Sherman and Nina Bergstrom and 8 siblings and their spouses: Elaine Howes, June Radis, Byron Bergstrom, Myron Bergstrom, Reuben Bergstrom, Betty Bierd, Maye Nelson-Shea, Donna Nelson along with Roy's parents:  Andrew and Alma Beck and Roy's brothers, sisters and their spouses:  Sulo (Ilma) Beck, Julius Beck, Helia Paananen, Hulda (Wayne) Huhta, Robert (Lorraine) Beck, Doris (Unto) Kahara, June (Norman) Hill.

Joanne will be lovingly remembered by her surviving 7 children: Judith (Arne) Isaacson; Roylee (Brenda) Beck; Andrew Beck; Darla (Rodney) Houck, Nina (Jon) Ford, Daniel Beck, and Sonia Beck-Johnson; 10 grandchildren: Amy (Tony) Willert, Sherry (Naquan) Woodard, Nick Beck, Cory (Kelli) Schleret, Megan Beck, Ryan (Taryn) Beck, Dyana (Nahin) Gatica Cruz, Jennifer (Jordan) Zwick, Sunny Beck, and Terry Beehler; 11 great grandchildren: Taylar, Johanna "JoJo", Keshaun, Tyrone, Riley, Aiden, Jorge "Robert", Christopher, Emily, Jack and Isabel; 2 daughters-in-law: Cindy Beck and Hyecha Beck; brother: Lloyd (Mary) Bergstrom; sister: Bea Lenneman, and sister-in-law, Lorraine Beck and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.

Visitation will be from 10 am until the 11 am service on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 in Bethany Lutheran Church, Cromwell.  Burial will follow the service in Eagle Lake Cemetery, Cromwell.  The family would like to thank the staff at Villa Vista for their wonderful care of Joanne over the past few years.

Arrangements by Hamlin-Hansen-Kosloski Funeral Home, Moose Lake.