Joyce Ann Nelson, 90, of Owatonna, died Thursday, July 21, 2022 at Timberdale Trace in Owatonna. She and her twin sister, Joann were born on March 22, 1932 in Owatonna to Clarence and Elsie (Dolgner) Nelson. She grew up on the 160 acre Nelson family farm in rural Owatonna. She with her siblings were tasked with many chores, of which she most enjoyed the drive team of horses used to do the farm work. She also was tasked with the other siblings of milking certain cows by hand. Joyce attended District 54 Country School through the 8th grade and the Owatonna High School, graduating in 1950. During school, Joyce thoroughly enjoyed 4-H as a Meriden Skipper. She enjoyed exhibiting her 4-H projects at the Steele County Free Fair. She even kept all of her 4-H ribbons her entire life. During high school, Joyce played violin in the orchestra. Her first job was at Birds Eye Canning Company in Waseca. The majority of her career was at Owatonna Tool Company where she began as a box stapler and worked her way to department supervisor. She later became a supervisor with OTC SPX Solutions. Joyce worked at OTC for 40 years and retired in 1995. Joyce was an active bowler and she won many bowling awards including being inducted into the Owatonna and Minnesota Hall of Fame. She also enjoyed fast pitch softball as a pitcher in Owatonna and Mankato, pitched horseshoes, fishing, and league golfing. She loved to travel and was able to go to Hawaii and numerous bowling tournaments all over the country. She especially loved visits from her 13 nieces and nephews and enjoyed watching their families grow. Her lifelong growing love of horses led Joyce to buy a small 10 acreage farm to house horses in 1977. Her first horse was named Pete. She would live on this acreage until her final move into Timberdale Trace Memory Care Center at the end of 2019. She was a member of the Pine Tree Saddle Club which later became part of the Owatonna Saddle Club. Joyce worked patrol at the Steele County Free Fair and coordinated the care of the Sheriff Posse horses used for patrol during the fair. Through the Sheriff Posse and Saddle Clubs, Joyce participated in countless parades. She was a faithful member of St. John Lutheran Church and served on the Board of Education. She volunteered for Healthy Seniors, and donated about 24 gallons of blood throughout her life, even donating blood for a niece undergoing surgery. In her later years, she developed Macular degeneration which painfully halted her ability to travel. She still continued to bowl, relying on her team to tell her which pins were standing and then bowled by memory. She is survived by her siblings, Robert Nelson of Owatonna, twin sister Joann (Norman) Buck of Owatonna, Glen (Shirley) Nelson of Owatonna and Shirley (Raymond) Sobrack of Claremont; nephews and nieces, Pamela Coolidge of Now Then, Douglas Nelson of Redwing, Patty Velkze of Medford, Paul Nelson of Owatonna, Daniel Buck and David Buck of Owatonna, Darin Buck of Lakeville, Candice Fischer of Rice Lake, WI, Jace Nelson of Owatonna, Randy Sobrack of Medford, Renee Struck of Burnsville, Kimberly Agarano of Savage, John Sobrack of Richmond, CA and several grand nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Elsie and sister-in-law, Arlene Nelson. Visitation will be at Michaelson Funeral Home on Wednesday from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM and at St. John Lutheran Church on Thursday from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM . Funeral services will be held July 28, 2022 at 11:00 AM at St. John Lutheran Church with Pastor Dave Klawiter officiating. Livestream of the funeral will be available at: www.stjohnowatonna.org/Live-Stream. Interment will be in Owatonna Memorial Gardens in Clinton Falls Township. I lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to St. John Lutheran Church or donor's choice.