Surrounded by her family and friends, Joan Bourbeau (nee Helmsing) passed away at the age of 74 on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. Joan is survived by four children; Sherry, Dave, and Don Ulansky and Carol Ulansky-Unruh, five grandchildren, Tavis, Alicia, Chelsea, Lucas and Brayden, and two great grandchildren, Belle and Nyle. Also, surviving Joan is her sister Judy Hoffman and cousins Pat and Dick Johnston and many dear friends including, Lorraine Elkins and Dale Holland, and her Bourbeau stepchildren.
Joan was predeceased by two husbands, Ralph Bourbeau and Donny Pedersen, her parents Bill and Hazel Helmsing, her sisters Jean Huchzermyer and Louisa Jill Helmsing, and her dear cousin Hewitt Helmsing.
