Joyce Keyes

Joyce Keyes, 80, of

Minot, ND, died peaceful-

ly surrounded by her lov-

ing family on Friday, Oc-

tober 22, 2021, at Trinity

Hospital, Minot.

Joyce M. Volk, daughter

of Steve and Veronica

(Adam) Volk, was born on

July 31st, 1941, in Drake,

ND. She was the third of

eleven children so she

started working various

jobs at a young age to help

support her family.

On July 11, 1959 Joyce

married James A. Keyes.

They made their home in

Minot where they raised

their four children. From

1961-1964, Jim and Joyce

owned and operated the

Pantry Cafe.

In 1973, Joyce went to

work for Minot Public

Schools in nutritional ser-

vices. She worked with

MPS for 21 years and then

went to work at Edgewood

Vista for a few years be-

fore retiring.

Joyce’s life revolved

around family and her

love for the Lord. When

her family was together,

they enjoyed visiting and

playing an occasional

action-packed game of Pi-

nochle. If Joyce wasn’t

able to spend time with

her family in person, she

would be visiting them on

the phone. In her spare

time at home, you would

find Joyce saying the

rosary or watching the sis-

ters on EWTN. She was a

true Prayer Warrior.

Jim and Joyce were

members of Little Flower

Catholic Church until Jim

passed away in December

of 2012. After his death,

Joyce joined Our Lady of

Grace Catholic Church

where she was currently

an active member. She

was also a member of the

Moose Lodge and an avid

Bingo player.

Her loving family in-

cludes: children, Terry

(Mary) Keyes of Rice Lake,

ND, Kim (Marvin) Wal-

hood of Max, ND, Brian

(Rose) Keyes of Minot,

and Karen (Bill) Fleming

of Minot; grandchildren,

Tiffany (Jason) Drago,

Chris (Alysha) Keyes,

Amanda Walhood, Lane

Walhood, Kassie (Micha-

el) Weaver, Kayla Keyes,

Taylor Keyes, Presley

Keyes, Tristan Keyes,

Blaine Fleming and

Lindsey Fleming;

great-grandchildren, Anna

Drago, Grady, Kanon and

Hayven Keyes, Ellie Mae

Hoffman, Vanessa Rose

Walhood-Edwards, Lilith

Edwards, Matthew Wahl-

hood, Bailey Keyes, Oliver

Weaver, Nora and Kieren

Windy-Boy; brothers,

Steve (Judy) Volk, Car-

rington, ND, Virgil (Terry)

Volk, Vancouver, WA;

Doug (Deb) Volk, Hazel

Dell, WA; sisters, Patty

(Gary) Aber, Pleasant Val-

ley, NY, and Beatrice

(Wayne) Heatherly,

Springfield, TN; and

numerous nieces,

nephews and cousins.

Joyce was preceded in

death by husband, Jim;

her parents; brother,

Richard Volk, sisters,

Loretta Puppe, Angie

Blonigan, Gladys Paulson

and Veronica Gunnup;

and infant siblings.

Mass of Christian Buri-

al: Thursday, October 28,

2021, at 1:00 p.m. at Our

Lady of Grace Catholic

Church, Minot.

Inurnment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Wednesday

from 5 to 7 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot.

Vigil Prayer Service:

Wednesday at 7 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot.

Memorials: are pre-

ferred to Our Lady of

Grace Catholic Church,

Minot.

The service will be

livestreamed for the pub-

lic to view and can be ac-

cessed by going to the

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral home website:

www.thompson

larson.com

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

(www.thompsonlarson.

com).