Joy (Shreenan) Assmus

In loving memory of Joy Assmus who passed away on March the 14th 2017 at the age of 82 years. Beloved wife of the late Calvin Assmus, and mother of Rob (Lynn), their children, Brooklyn & Carson Assmus, and Bayne (Deb) Assmus.

A memorial service will be held for Joy on Friday, March 17th 2017 at 11:00 am. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Eatonia, Saskatchewan, with Rev. Lynne Resch officiating. Interment of ashes will follow in the Eatonia Cemetery.

Those wishing to make donations in memory of Joy, may do so to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Eatonia. Or to a charity of  the Donors Choice.

Joy Assmus (nee Shreenan)

Joy Assmus passed away peacefully on Mar 14, 2017 at the age of 82. She was born in Maidstone, Saskatchewan, on June 27, 1934, to George and Inez Shreenan.  She grew up on the family farm being the middle child of 5.

Her grade one to eight school years were spent at a one-room country school.  Joy was keen on an education so she went to Battleford Collegiate which was a boarding school in North Battleford for grades nine to twelve.  With her sight set on teaching, she attended the Saskatoon Normal School in 1952-53.  Joy first taught grades one to nine in Dufferin School, south of Cutknife, for four years and then transferred to the Cutknife town school for a year.  She made lifetime friends with whom she enjoyed keeping contact. 

She moved to Eatonia for a teaching position in 1958.  She met Kelly Assmus and they were married on July 22, 1961.  Joy and Kelly had two sons, Rob and Bayne.  Camping and travelling across North America became a summer tradition for the four of them.  One of Kelly and Joy’s favorite past times in retirement was going to auction sales and collecting antiques.

Joy taught grade one for most of her twenty-seven years in Eaton School.  In 1964 Joy became vice-principal, a position she held for twenty-one years.  She helped coach high school drama and taught Choral Singing and Speaking for music festivals.  After retiring in 1985, she continued to help at the school with Choral Speaking and Individual Speaking. Joy also took an active role in KBSTF (the teachers’ provincial organization), and KBSTS (the retired teachers organization).

Joy became a member and a supporter of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church when she married Kelly.  She taught Sunday School, participated in the monthly church services at the Care Home, and contributed to teas and bake sales, fowl suppers, luncheons and Christmas Eve services.

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