Joan D. Schultz

Joan D. Schultz (nee Eggert), of Cedarburg, passed away peacefully at Kathy Hospice, West Bend, WI and entered Eternal Life on June 8, 2024, at the age of 80 after many years of difficult health problems.

Joan was the second born child to her late parents, Armin Eggert and Ella (nee Lenz) in Watertown, South Dakota on October 2, 1943. She grew up in Cedarburg with her six siblings. She graduated from Cedarburg High School in 1962. Joan was united in marriage to the late Richard “Dick” Schultz on June 1, 1963, and was married for 43 years before Richard passed away. Together their marriage was blessed with three children, Thomas “Tom”, the late Kristin, and Katrina “Kate”. Joan worked at Meta-Mold for the first few years of her marriage. She became a full-time homemaker after they were blessed with their first child.

Joan enjoyed various hobbies throughout her life. She delighted in yard work and gardening. She also had a special eye for combining colors through painting. As technology advanced and her health declined, she turned towards digital drawing and painting to keep her mind active and busy. Joan was an investigator at heart and enjoyed digging into politics and the Bible.

Joan is survived by her two children, Thomas (Shelley) Schultz and Katrina (Eric) Schmickle; grandchildren, MacKenzie (John) Greenfield, Eli Schmickle, Jillian Brown, Gideon (Alia) Schmickle, Tirzah Schmickle, Abigail Brown, Riley Brown, Rivkah Schmickle, Zipporah Schmickle, Keziah Schmickle, Havilah Schmickle, and Aviyah Schmickle. She is further survived by four great grandchildren and her siblings April Kunick, Richard Eggert, Rex Eggert, Robert Eggert, and Jill Bertrand. She will be missed by extended family, nieces and nephews, and friends.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Richard, her daughter Kristin, her brother David Eggert, her parents, Armin and Ella Eggert, and other relatives and friends.

Special thank you to the caregivers and friends that made her last few years of living at home possible – Laura, Kristen, Amy, Amanda, and Pam – Thank you for giving the gift of love and care to Joan that allowed her to be where she was most happy, at home. Thank you to the caring and kind nurses and staff at Kathy Hospice for making Joan’s journey to eternity one of peace and comfort. Thank you to Aurora Medical Center Grafton, second floor nurses for your amazing care of Joan as she fought respiratory difficulties in her last month of life.

A funeral service will be held for Joan on Friday, June 21, 2024, at 2:00 PM at Mueller Funeral Home (979 N Green Bay Road, Grafton, WI 53024). Visitation will be held prior to the service at the funeral home, starting at 12:00 PM till 1:45 PM. Immediately following the service, there will be a committal service at Immanuel Cemetery (Hamilton Road, Cedarburg). In lieu of flowers, memorials to art and theater programs are appreciated.