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Sioux Falls, SD (formerly Crooks, SD)
February 14, 2022
Joyce Leichtman passed away on Monday, February 14, 2022, at Sanford/USD Medical Center.
Joyce Elaine McCloud, daughter of Vern and Winifred (Speers) McCloud, was born October 30, 1935, in Sioux Falls. She grew up in Sioux Falls where she graduated from Washington High School in 1953.
Joyce was united in marriage with John Leichtman, Jr. on February 28, 1954, in Sioux Falls. They lived on the Leichtman family farm for many years. Joyce loved being a farm wife and helped with chores and making a home. She worked at Sencore, Ravens and at the Sioux Falls Care Center as a cook for several years. She worked clerical at Retailer’s National Bank where she retired.
They enjoyed auctions and she really loved to read. She was a collector of many things, liked flowers and animals. She was a great seamstress and wonderful cook. They moved to Crooks around 2000 and John passed away in 2002 she later moved to Sioux Falls.
Grateful for having shared her life are her children Diane Fillipi, Fayetteville, Tenn., Joanne (Tom) Tallant, Arvada, Colo., Lois (Doug) Elcock, Flandreau, Janet (Kirk) Shipley, Urbandale, Iowa, John K. Leichtman (fiancé Dee Robinson), Sioux Falls, Barbara (Kyle) Johnson, Flandreau; 12 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; two sisters Carol (Dennis) Meyers, Dodge, Neb., and Linda (Don) Larson, Sioux Falls.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; a son, Charles John Leichtman; a sister Lorraine Pitts; and a son-in-law, Michael Fillipi.
Funeral services were held Friday, February 18, at Miller Funeral Home-Downtown, 507 S. Main Ave., Sioux Falls, SD with burial by her husband, John, at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Arrangements provided by Miller Funeral Home.