- Date Of Birth: December 26, 1935
- Date Of Death: January 25, 2018
- State: Colorado
Joan Evelyn Sorges was born in Wausau, Wisconsin on December 26, 1935. She was the only child of Lawrence and Elsie Sorges. She grew up in Wausau and met her husband there. Joan met Dale Rhyner when he was home on leave from the United States Air Force in 1955 after being set up on a blind date by his brother Bill and Joan’s childhood friend, Julie. They married the following year in 1956 and have spent 61 wonderful years together. And as Dale keeps repeating, “what a ride, what a ride” with smiles and tears of sadness. They had four children. Jeffrey Dale Rhyner, their only son passing in infancy and Joan is survived by her three daughters; Lori Leckner, Becky Mackin and Kerri Shields. Joan is also survived by two grandchildren; Mandy Collins and Jared Leckner, and three great-grandchildren: Katelyn Collins, Mackenzie Collins and Gage Leckner. They spent their early married years in Wisconsin, briefly in Minnesota and settling in Colorado to raise their daughters. Joan and Dale retired to Florida and spent almost 24 years of retirement together there.
