Joan Hennis

Joan (Bohr) Hennis age 81 of Protivin, Iowa died Saturday, July 30, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 4, 2016, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Protivin, with Rev. Kyle Digmann celebrating the Mass. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Cresco after a lunch at The Mint in Protivin. Friends may greet the family beginning at 9:00 a.m. Thursday at the church. Funeral arrangements are with Hugeback's Protivin Funeral Home in Protivin. Joan Ida Hennis was born on November 24, 1934 in Ossian, IA, the daughter of William and Hildegard (Heying) Bohr. She attended St. Francis de Sales School in Ossian for her schooling, all the way until graduating high school in 1952. On January 11, 1964 she was united in marriage to Walter Hennis at St. Francis de Sales Church in Ossian. The couple had no children. She owned and operated Joan’s Cocktail Lounge in Springfield, MO for 24 years with her husband. She moved to Protivin in 2013 to be closer to her family and because of her declining health. Joan was a people person. She always enjoyed a good conversation, especially on the phone. In her younger years she loved to golf and tend to her garden full of flowers. While in Protivin, she would often go to the community center and play cards. Joan was survived by three brothers; Cyril (Margaret) Bohr of Ossian, IA, Bill (Leta Willman) Bohr of Dubuque, IA, Jim (Jeannie) Bohr of Protivin, IA; two sisters, Theresa Moellers of West Union, IA, Madonna Rask of White Bear Lake, MN; many nieces and nephews, special friend Jane Mitchell of Springfield, MO. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Walter in 1990; four sisters, Delores Riniker, Rose Mary Gerleman, Gertrue Novak, Hildegard Bohr; two brothers, Jerome and Vernon Bohr.