Joyce Holst, 59

Our sister, Joyce Holst, passed away quietly on Dec. 18, 2012, after a short illness. She was born to Eugene and Verna Paulson on July 27, 1953, at Fort Belvoir, Va.

She then moved with her family to Germany, and then to Sierra Vista, Ariz., where she attended area schools, and graduated from Buena High School in 1972.

Joyce then moved with her family to Bonanza, Ore., where she met and married her husband, Steve Holst. They lived together for a short time in Klamath Falls, Ore., before they moved to Coeur d'Alene.

She was preceded in death by her younger, brother Harry Paulson in 1999; her husband, Steve, in 2003; her mother, Verna Paulson, in 2003; and her father Eugene Paulson, in 2010.

In 2004 she met her current partner, Greg Sharnetsky. They were partners for six years. Greg cared for Joyce tenderly, during her illness.

Joyce worked in a potato processing facility in Bonanza and later as a home health care provider in Coeur d' Alene.

Joyce loved our lord, and often sang his praise. "It’s all good," she would often say. Amen. Joyce loved to garden, and spending time fishing and hiking with Greg.

She is survived by brothers, Donald Paulson of Bellingham, Wash., and Lauren Paulson of Show Low, Ariz.; sisters, Katheryn Barthell of Tacoma, Wash., Judy Randolph of Willows, Calif., and Jan Paulson of Conroe, Texas.