Joyce Doege

Joyce A. Doege, age 82 of Sauk Centre, passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at Cura Care Center in Melrose, Minnesota.

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A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 16 at River of Life Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Kyle Peterson officiating. Interment will be in Bear Head Cemetery near Pillsbury.

Visitation will be from 4 to7 p.m. Thursday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church.

Joyce Ann Forcier was born March 25, 1943 in Vancouver, Washington to Joseph and Alice (Cromwell) Forcier. She was united in marriage to Virgil Doege on March 1, 1961 in Sisseton, South Dakota. Joyce primarily was a homemaker but also worked at Lance Lens, Long Prairie Nursing Home, and at Casey’s in Long Prairie. Joyce enjoyed knitting and crocheting, puzzles, and playing cards.

Survivors include her children, George Doege of Long Prairie, Virgil (Julie) Doege of Mesa, Arizona, and Anita Baumgard of Sauk Centre; five grandchildren, Chris, Darin, Tasha, Christopher, and Dakota; brother, Donald Forcier; and sister, Marie (Ralph) Schutz.

Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Doege on July 19, 2001; parents; and son-in-law, Mark Varner.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.