Joyce Emilena Holtzer Arlt, 77, of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and formerly of Castell, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014.
A memorial service was held Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
Graveside services and interment of the ashes in the Castell Methodist Church Cemetery is planned in the coming months.
Mrs. Arlt was born Jan. 13, 1937, in Austin, and was the adopted daughter of Emil Holtzer and Lena Hoffmann Holtzer of Castell. She married William Theodore Otto (Sonny) Arlt in Fredericksburg on Nov. 5, 1955. He preceded her in death on Aug. 19, 1992.
She attended the Castell School until fifth grade and then finished her education in Llano where she graduated from Llano High School in 1955.
She moved to Pagosa Springs, Colorado on April 1, 2012.
Mrs. Arlt is survived by one son, Danny Ray Arlt, of Texas, and a daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Brian Schuchardt of Bayfield, Colorado, and six grandchildren.