Joan Kern

Joan Katherine Marden Kern was born to Luke and Margaret (Cain) Marden on June 5, 1937 in Staples, MN. She passed away, unexpectedly, on October 28, 2010, at Tri-County Hospital in Wadena. Joan was united in marriage with Victor J. Kern on June 26, 1954 in Staples. The Wadena community will remember her as a waitress and cook at Westside Café, an employee at Service Master, as Leaf River Township Clerk, and as a Home Health and Hospice caregiver for Tri-County Hospital, and most recently, at Walmart as the greeter with the big smile and giving heart. She loved Jesus with all of her heart and shared Him with family, friends, and most of all her “lots and lots of love” Victor. She read her Bible daily and enjoyed making wedding flowers, gardening, cooking, helping others, being a Prayer Warrior, and spending time with her husband, family and friends. Through the years she had been a key member and servant of Wadena Assembly of God, whether it was in food service, prayer, teaching Sunday School, nursery care, or anything else that needed to be done. She will be missed! Joan was preceded in death by her parents Luke and Margaret; son John; brothers George, Connie, John, Rich, Ken, and Phil; sisters Lorraine, Micky, and Betty Ann. She is survived by her husband Victor, children Victoria (James) Thompson of Verndale, Annette Manznao of Brainerd, Paulette (Calvin) Anderson of Deer Creek, Yvonne (Lowell) Stewart of Sebeka, Joseph (Linda) of Wadena, Anthony of Glendale, AZ, Douglas (Sue) of Brainerd, Melissa Kenyon of Tucson, AZ, Christina (Tom) Kenyon of St. Cloud, Victor Jr. of Wadena, Janelle (Troy) Bowles of Peoria, AZ, Margaret (James) Kenyon of Staples, and Paul (Stephine) of Park Rapids; 51 grandchildren & 36 great-grandchildren; brother Bob Marden of Staples; and sisters Dorothy Endres of Wadena, Mary Lou Sigfrid of Osseo, and Jeanette Warner of Palm Springs, CA. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on November 1, 2010, in the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church in Wadena, with Reverend Allen Refsland officiating. Pallbearers were Joseph Kern, Anthony Kern, Douglas Kern, Victor Kern, Jr., and Paul Kern. Interment was in Leaf River Cemetery in rural Wadena.

Joan Kern

June 5, 1937 - October 28, 2010