Judy Lockenvitz Joseph

Judy Lockenvitz Joseph Judith Diane Lockenvitz Joseph died peacefully at her home in Nixa, Missouri on July 22, 2022. Judy was born June 22, 1943, in Grand Island, Nebraska to Harold C.H. Lockenvitz and Marjorie Neva Tyler Lockenvitz. She attended Dodge and Platt Elementary Schools, Walnut Jr. High and was graduated from Grand Island Senior High in 1961. Judy was baptized and confirmed at what was then St. Paul’s English Lutheran Church in Grand Island where she later taught Sunday School and sang in the choir. Judy joined the Roman Catholic faith in the early 1960’s at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Grand Island. In the early 1970’s Judy moved to Santa Monica, California where she met and married Thomas Joseph. They enjoyed a lengthy and pleasant life together in Santa Monica until Tom’s death in 2018. Judy worked many years as sales manager at American Shower Door, frequently traveling throughout the nation on the company’s behalf. Previous to that Judy worked for Dale Electronics in Grand Island and Columbus, Nebraska and for Master Electronics in Southern California. While still living at home, Judy worked for her father at Locke’s Popcorn Co. and at Handy Grocery. Judy enjoyed the company of her family. Her sister Cathy followed her to Santa Monica, and her parents established a winter home in southern California to be near her in their retirement years. Judy made annual trips to Missouri to visit her brother and his family. Following her husband’s death, she spent the last four years of her life in Missouri enjoying the company of her brother’s family and making many new friends among her neighbors and caregivers. In addition to her husband, Judy was preceded in death by her sister Catherine Louise Lockenvitz Chatham, her parents, and her grandparents: Paul Lockenvitz and Tony Rohweder Lockenvitz and Floyd Tyler and Ethel Rathman Tyler and her grandniece Amanda Ann Lockenvitz. Judy is survived by her brother Bradley Harold Lockenvitz, her nephew John Harold Lockenvitz, her niece Dr. Sarah Beth Lockenvitz and Sarah’s husband John Murphy, her grandniece Annika Locke Murphy, her brother-in-law Jeff Chatham and her sisters in law Angela Snow and Nicolette Spoltore and their families. All Faiths Funeral Home will host services for Judy at 2 p.m. on Monday, August 1, 2022, with family present to greet friends beginning at 1 p.m. Interment will follow at the Grand Island Public Cemetery next to the graves of her grandparents.

Judy Lockenvitz Joseph

June 22, 1943 - July 22, 2022

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June 22, 1943 - July 22, 2022

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