Joan M. Ploetz

We stopped several times to visit with Joan on our way back to Minneapolis from seeing our daughters in Madison and Middleton. We had just moved to MN in the early 90s when I asked the middle school librarian, Patty Ploetz, if she knew Joan Ploetz from Baraboo ~ I was shocked to learn that they were cousins! Twenty years just melted away and we began to get in touch more than just at Christmas! We had dinner at Fields with Joan and her mother; we visited her at her store and at her home; we...

Joan and I became friends at the University of Kentucky, 50 years ago. And we stayed friends, often getting together when Joan would visit family in NJ. She was so smart and so very nice to everyone. She will be missed.

Joan was a great friend in our little IU family. We all just bonded, had dinners together, had wonderful times with each other in Eigenmann dorm, always a lot of laughs. Was it that we all had a common drive to study hard (we did!) or was it our great sense of humor? Maybe both. Such fun. Will miss her practical and fun personality. So glad to have reconnected/visited in the 2000's. Our sincere sympathy to her family. Kathy & Mike Barga

Went to high school with Joan. Such a sweet and genuine gal! RiP