Joan Renee Mason Palmer, of St. Anthony, passed away on October 28 at the Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg, Idaho with her loving family at her side.

She was born in St. Anthony, Idaho on January 31, 1936 to Floyd and Veda Mason. She was the second of five children.

Joan married Rial Leon Palmer on April 15, 1952 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They had seven children, Drex, Rocky, Larin, Reynold, Denton, Ryalene, and Ontaya. They lived in St. Anthony, Idaho, Moses Lake, Washington, and Tule Lake, California before eventually settling in the Egin Bench area on the family farm.

Joan loved reading, learning, and serving others.  She attended school at South Fremont High School. She had many friends and enjoyed visiting with family and friends.

Joan was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served in several callings. She served in the primary, relief society, and her favorite was serving in the young women's organization.  She worked in several jobs during her life, and was the cafeteria manager at Kmart for several years. She was very selfless and loved being a wife and a mother and loved taking care of her home and family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rial, her brother, Bill Mason, and a son, Denton. She is survived by her children Drex (Teresa) of Moses Lake Washington, Rocky (Trixie) of Teton, Larin (Candy) of Egin, Reynold (LeAnn) of Clinton, Utah, Ryalene (Douglas) Barker, of Rigby, and Ontaya Shupe, of St. Anthony, her brother, Gary Mason, and sisters, Sherrel (Bob) Wright, and Lorene Greenhalgh, as well as 30 grandchildren and 82 great grandchildren.

The family would like to thank the staff at the Homestead Assisted Living Center who helped and befriended her the last couple years.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 4 at the Parker 2 ^nd ward chapel. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg, and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Parker chapel. Interment will be in the Parker Cemetery under the direction of Flamm Funeral Home.