Joyce Ann Scherder

Joyce Ann Edelen Scherder passed away peacefully on December 18, 2025, at Pike County Memorial Hospital. Joyce was born on December 2, 1940, in St. Louis, MO to Henry Cecil Edelen and Jessie Mae Nichols. She graduated from Silex High School in 1959. On November 28, 1959, she was united in marriage to Harry Joseph Scherder at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Millwood, MO. Upon marriage, Joyce resided on the Cal Sitton Farm that Jim and Harry had purchased in 1958. They resided there before moving to the Scherder Family Farm on Crow Lane in 1962. They remained there until moving to Bowling Green in 2009. Joyce was a devoted farm wife who put faith, family and friends above anything else. She was a fabulous cook and freely shared meals and baked goods with many friends and neighbors. Joyce had a love of music and shared her talent by singing in the church choir and as a soloist at many weddings. She taught herself to decorate cakes and made many wedding, birthday and baby cakes. Along with her lifelong best friends, Judy Tepen and Janet Orf, they created 3 J Wallpaper Company and enjoyed working together for many years. She was an Edelen, and as Harry used to say, “You give an Edelen a suitcase and a pair of sunglasses and they will travel anywhere”. She was fortunate to travel the world with her sister, Sue. Above all, Joyce was a devout Catholic, a member of St Clement Catholic Church and active in the Ladies Sodality. She freely offered her time as a volunteer and enjoyed coordinating fundraisers and meals for local events. She is survived by her children: Kenneth Scherder (Angela), Ellen Stanko (Mark), Kevin Scherder (Lisa) and Barbara Scherder-Goetz (Bruce Hahn); her grandchildren: Jenna Sharamitaro (Joe), Leah Kemlage (Andrew), Ryan Stanko (Emma); Kyle Scherder (Olivia), Katherine Nutt (Jonathon), Kelsey Cerven (Evan); Casey Goetz (Jenna), Emily Goetz (Abraham) and Sawyer Goetz (Kaylee); bonus granddaughter, Anna Hahn Kerrigan (Patrick). Her great grandchildren who brought her unimaginable joy: Michael, McKenzie and Mabrey Sharamitaro; Bodie, Decker and Banks Kemlage; Sally, Hattie and Gregory Scherder; Edelen and Louis Nutt; Clark and Vivian Cerven; Leighton and Sienna Goetz; Ernest Goetz and Jack Kerrigan. Her sisters, Madonna (Sue) Uhlin and Jeanne Bishop. Her sisters-in-law, Laura Mae Scherder and Luda Edelen and a host of nieces and nephews and many friends who were like family to her. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry in 2017, her parents, Henry and Jessie Edelen and son-in-law, Dr Steven Goetz; her in-laws, Fred and Ella Scherder; her siblings, Henry (Bud) Edelen, Mary Alice (Toni) DiPietro, James (Esther) Edelen, Virginia (Tini) Morse, William (Bing) Edelen, Robert Edelen and Dennis Mattingly; along with Harry’s brothers, Ray (Babe), Cyril, Al (Peggy) and James (JoAnn) Scherder. Per her wishes, she will be cremated and there will be no visitation. A memorial mass will be Monday, December 29, 2025, at 3:00 pm at St Clement Catholic Church. Following interment of cremains in St Clement Catholic Cemetery, a dinner will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall where the family will look forward to sharing stories and memories. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to Anne’s Anchor, St Clement Catholic School or Pike Home Health and Hospice. “Well done my good and faithful servant. You have fought the good fight, you have kept the faith, you have finished the race”. 2 Timothy 4:7

Joyce Ann Scherder

December 2, 1940 - December 18, 2025