Joyce M. Moran

Joyce M. Moran, 84 year old resident of Little Falls, MN, passed away Friday, February 23, 2024, with her family by her side. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Belle Prairie with Father Patrick Hoeft officiating. Burial will take place in the Holy Family Parish Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 4-8 P.M. on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, MN and from 10-11 A.M. on Thursday at Holy Family Catholic Church. Parish prayers will be prayed on Wednesday evening at 4:00 P.M. at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, MN. Caring for Joyce and her family is the Shelley Funeral Chapel of Little Falls. To view Joyce's funeral via livestream, please click link to be re-directed. https://my.gather.app/remember/joyce-moran Joyce was born April 14, 1939, at Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. Her parents were Clem and Fern (Sanford) Erdman. The family resided in North Minneapolis where Joyce and her brothers Bob, Jim and Clem Jr. attended St. Anne's school and Church. Joyce went on to attend St. Anthony of Pauda High School in Northeast Minneapolis. Following her graduation, she worked at Prudential Life Insurance. She then went on to the University of Minnesota, working all the while at North Memorial Hospital. She graduated with distinction from the University in 1962. Her first teaching position took her to Waterford, Michigan, near Pontiac. There, at church, she met Larry Moran, who, while then living with his uncle, was from Little Falls. Joyce went on to teach at Sauk Centre and Brainerd. She and Larry were married April 8, 1967, at St. Anne's Church. Settling on Larry's farm on the Mississippi, the two were blessed with eight children-Claudette, Philip, Mark Jude, Edward, Matthew, Roseanne, Theresa and Stephen. Joyce's later employment included director of the Morrison County Food Shelf and the Morrison County Record. At the latter, she rose from proofreader to News Editor. She also had her own column, From the Home Front. Joyce is survived by her children, Claudette Moran of Little Falls, MN, Philip (Theresa) Moran and their son Braden of Becker, MN, Mark Jude (Paige) Moran of Spring Lake, New Jersey, and their sons, Ximon and Dylan and grandson, Jackson, Edward (Stacey) Moran of Little Falls, MN and their daughters, Jocelynn (Matt Klos), Danielle (Brent Relopez) and grandchildren Rhett, and Chelsea, Matthew Moran of Sauk Rapids, MN and his daughters Lyndsey and Laura, Roseanne (Adrian) Throener of Swanville, MN and their children Adam, Marissa, Grace, Elizabeth, Gianna and Aaron and son Stephen Moran of the outskirts of Freedem. She also leaves behind sisters-in-law, Adrienne (Shorty) Erdman, Loretta Moran, Diane (Peter) Ring; brother-in-law, David (Anna) Moran; son-in-law, Nicholas Purkat and many nieces and nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers; husband, Larry Moran; and daughter, Theresa Moran Purkat.

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Joyce M. Moran

April 14, 1939 - February 23, 2024