Joyce Paulson Staples, 94, was peacefully taken to heaven Dec. 8, 2011, in Greenville, S.C., in the home she had shared with her daughter and son-in-law, Beth (Staples) and Warren French, since she left Austin in 2002.

Service: A memorial Service in celebration of her life will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at Grace Baptist Church in Austin, Minn., with Pastor Brett Williams and Pastor Warren French Jr. officiating.

Visitation: The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time in the church parlor.

Memorials: Memorials are preferred to missionaries Jim and Julie [Hansen]Leonard, Brazil; and Steve and Sarah [Lightly] Caton, England, both nieces of the deceased, in care of Grace Baptist Church, 100 Fourth Ave. SE, Austin, 55912.