Joan M. Poots
Joan M. Poots, 85, of Prairie du Chien, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at Gundersen Lutheran Health System in La Crosse.
She was born April 16, 1935, in Chicago, Ill., the first-born daughter of Donald and Anna (Cipra) McGuire. She was a graduate of St. Joseph and St. Ann Grade School, Providence High School, and Little Company of Mary Hospital School of Nursing. She married Leslie R. Poots at St. Rita’s Church in Chicago in 1957. They had three children, Patti, Bob and John. Joan was employed as a registered nurse for 40 years as a staff nurse, visiting nurse and head nurse. She took care of her in-laws and parents in their last elderly years. Joan liked to bike ride and continued that activity well into her 80s. She was also a swimmer and did water activities. She enjoyed going to lunch with her friends and church dinners with her daughter and family. Leslie retired in 2003, when they moved to a log home they had built in the country in 1986. Joan traveled all over the world, to places such as Ireland, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and Alaska. She was an active member of St. Gabriel’s Church of the Holy Family Parish, taught CCD for several years, and was a communion minister.
She is survived by her daughter, Patti (Leo) Poots-Flanders, and her sons Robert (Lori Ann) Poots, and John (Jolene) Poots; her brother, Donald Jr. (Patsy) McGuire; her sister, Audrey (Lou) Munin; her grandchildren, Jennifer (Lance), Juliane (Clifford), John (Katlyn), Brandon, Joey (Kylie), Robert, Shalli, Nick, and Matthew; her great-grandchildren Isabella, Hallie, and Grace; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, July 27, at St. Gabriel’s Church of the Holy Family Parish, Msgr. Stoetzel officiating with burial in Calvary Cemetery, both in Prairie du Chien.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Prairie Catholic Schools. The Garrity Funeral Home of Prairie du Chien is assisting the family.
