Joanne Carol (Grosenick) Spiker

Joanne C. (Grosenick) Spiker, 81, of Ar­vada, Col­orado, passed away on Fri­day, Oct. 28, 2022 after a lengthy and coura­geous bat­tle with can­cer. Her son, Jeff, and his wife, Heather, and grand­daugh­ter, Brooke, were at her bed­side when she was called home to Heaven.
Joanne was born on May 12, 194l, the daugh­ter of Wal­ter and Hertha (Giese) Grosenick in Mayville.
She was a 1959 grad­u­ate of Mayville High School.    Fol­low­ing grad­u­a­tion, she began her sec­re­tar­ial ca­reer at Maysteel in Mayville.
In 1964, she and her sis­ter, Jane, em­barked on a new ad­ven­ture leav­ing Mayville and mov­ing to Den­ver, Col­orado, where she has resided for the past 58 years. Dur­ing those years, she worked as an ad­min­is­tra­tive as­sis­tant at var­i­ous schools and com­pa­nies and re­tired fol­low­ing more than 45 years of em­ploy­ment.
In re­tire­ment, Joanne lived life to the fullest, trav­el­ing, play­ing Texas Hold ‘Em, re­turn­ing to Mayville for class re­unions and vis­it­ing with fam­ily and friends, and es­pe­cially spend­ing time with her fam­ily. Her two grand­chil­dren, Brooke and Kyle, were the biggest joy of her life. She loved play­ing cards, play­ing bas­ket­ball, bowl­ing, going to movies, at­tend­ing their games and ac­tiv­i­ties, and bak­ing cook­ies with them.
Joanne is sur­vived by her son, Jef­fery (Heather) Spiker of Ar­vada, CO; grand­chil­dren, Brooke and Kyle Spiker of Ar­vada, CO; sis­ters, Jane Con­niff of Edge­wa­ter, CO, Janet (Den­nis) Hus­sli of Mayville; sis­ter-in-law, Pam Grosenick of Great Falls, MT; brother-in-law and sis­ter-in-law, Duane (Janet) Spiker of Den­ver, CO, along with many nieces and nephews.
She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents and her brother, Jerome, in 2018.
A cel­e­bra­tion of Joanne’s life will be held on Sat­ur­day, Nov.12, at 11 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 5675 Field Street, Ar­vada, CO. It will also be live streamed on youtube @ https://​www.​youtube.​com/​c/​PeaceArvada/​streams.
Memo­ri­als in her name may be made to Peace Lutheran Church or a char­ity of your choice.
In­urn­ment will take place at a later date at St. John’s Lutheran Church (Browns Cor­ners), Hori­con, where she was a mem­ber while liv­ing in Wis­con­sin.