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Joan Ringhand
Joan M. Ringhand, 75, of Eau Claire, passed away Monday evening, January 21, 2013, at Mayo Clinic Health Care System-Eau Claire.

Joan Marie Ringhand, daughter of Stephen and Olive (Burhans) Whelihan, was born Oct. 2, 1937, in Eau Claire. She was raised in Eau Claire, where she attended St. Patrick’s Grade School and was a member of the first graduating class from Regis High School in 1955. Growing up she worked for her parents who owned and operated Thriftway Grocery Store on Clairemont Avenue. While working for the Eau Claire Press Company in the classified department of the Leader Telegram, she meet Eugene Ringhand, the couple later married on Oct. 7, 1960 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Eau Claire. After her marriage Joan left the work force to raise her 3 children, and her outside jobs turned to volunteering. While her children were in school she worked in the school library through the PTA, and later volunteered at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, mainly in the surgery waiting lounge. Joan loved reading, her weekly appointment and socializing at Expressions and playing cards with the grandchildren. She especially enjoyed the time spent relaxing with her family at their cottage on Lake Fish near Chetek, WI. 

Joan will be dearly missed by Gene, her husband of 52 years; son, Michael (Patti) Ringhand of Osseo; 2 daughters, Karen (Neil) Preston of Altoona, Ann Ringhand of Hallie; brother, Joe Whelihan of Irvine, CA; sister, Judy (Bill) Kendrick of Bedford Heights, Ohio; 5 grandchildren, Alex Ringhand, Jessica (Ben) Frick, Samantha Preston, Nicholas Erickson, Tanya Pantoja; 4 great grandchildren, Evan Webster, Rylan Rose and Abigail Erickson, Christopher Pantoja; Gene’s siblings, Richard (Sandra) Ringhand, Sharon (Jim) Colvin all of Augusta, Betty (Mike) Rasmussen of Kenosha. 
 

She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Patricia Hanson, Katherine Hotchkiss, Tom and Robert Whelihan. 

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 266, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home in Augusta, with burial at a later date in the West Lawn Cemetery in Augusta. 
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday and one hour prior to services Saturday at the funeral home.