Joan Malinda Stabenow

Joan M. Stabenow, 81, of Waterloo, died Thursday, November 12, 2020 at UnityPoint Health – Allen Hospital. She was born April 8, 1939 in Marion, the daughter of Ralph and Katherine (Berryhill) Pencil. She graduated from Waterloo East High School in 1957 and earned her LPN from Hawkeye Tech in 1969.

Joan married Dale D. Stabenow April 18, 1959 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Waterloo. She worked at Covenant Medical Center, formerly St. Francis Hospital, for 20 years as a surgical nurse, retiring in 1988. Nursing was one of Joanie’s proudest accomplishments and anyone that Joan could help out to an appointment or nurse back to health she did.

She was a member of Kimball Avenue United Methodist Church, Waterloo, and a member of the Red Hat Society. Joan also loved spending time with her family and traveling with them. She loved to travel anywhere and everywhere but Florida, Cozumel , and Branson were among her favorites. She also loved a great family meal but most of all just time together was enough for her.

Joan is survived by: her husband; daughter, Lynn (Craig) Mohler of Oskaloosa; 2 grandchildren, Sarah (Chris) Hoy‚ Oskaloosa‚ and Brett (Bridgette) Mohler of Albia; great-grandson, Asher Mohler; 3 sisters, Bonnie Crowl of Waterloo‚ Janet Lynch of Cedar Falls‚ and Karen (Tony) Wahl of Shell Rock.

She is preceded in death by her parents, and son, Jeff Stabenow.