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Joanne Bartz, age 65, of Plymouth passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2025. Joanne was born October 15, 1960, in Fond du Lac, to the late Lester and Lorraine (Zuehlke) Strobel. She was a 1978 graduate of Kewaskum High School and furthered her education at Lakeland College where she earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting and obtained her CPA . Joanne was united in marriage to Tom Bartz on June 3, 1989, at St. George Catholic Church in Elkhart Lake. She was employed at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin, Thomas Industries, Serve You Prescription Management, and Sentry Insurance prior to retiring from Felician Village in Manitowoc as their Director of Finance in 2022. Joanne was a faith-filled person during her entire cancer journey and never gave up hope. She enjoyed tennis, planting flowers, gardening, playing cards, skiing, going up to her family cottage in St. Germain, spending time with family and friends, walks with “Shorty”, along with traveling the world.

Survivors include her husband Thomas “Tom” Bartz, daughter Melissa Bartz of Sheboygan Falls, son Jeff Bartz of Salt Lake City, brothers Mark (Barb) Strobel of Campbellsport, Myron (Becky) Strobel of Kewaskum, sister Lori (Dick) Kleinmann of Kewaskum, stepsister Bonnie (Allen) Koepke, step sister-in-law Marcia Smith and stepbrother Dennis (Barbara) Smith. She is also survived by her aunt Jeanette Eisenhut along with many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Joanne was preceded in death by her parents, stepmother Valeria Strobel, stepbrother Mike Smith, Uncles Barney Strobel and Tom Eisenhut, and her great-niece Allison McKenna.

Family and friends may gather at the Suchon Funeral Home, 1317 State Rd. 67 in Plymouth on Monday January 5, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Visitation will continue on Tuesday January 6, 2026, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 115 Plymouth Street, Plymouth from 10:00 a.m. until the time of Mass at 11:00 a.m. Fr. Pat Heppe will officiate. Burial will take place at St. John the Baptist Cemetery at a later date.
Reinbold-Novak Funeral Home, Sheboygan is assisting the Bartz family.

A heartfelt thank you to the amazing cancer team at Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee along with the wonderful staff at Sharon Richardson Hospice. Special thanks to Tom’s sisters Sandra and Carol for their generous help.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wisconsin Ovarian Cancer Alliance.