JoAnn C. Mulder, daughter of Clarence and Hilda (Bruget) Hanson, was born Aug. 21, 1932 in Yankton, and died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton, at the age of 80.
JoAnn grew up in Mission Hill, SD and graduated from Gayville-Volin High School in 1950.  She married Larry Peterson in 1951. Together they raised their family in Yankton.  Larry died in 1986, and in 1990, JoAnn married Peter Mulder. They lived in Corsica, then moved to Yankton.  JoAnn and Peter enjoyed their time together, traveling within the United States and overseas.
JoAnn belonged to the Riverview Reformed Church in Yankton, and made many friends. She was kind to everyone and had a special place in her heart for all her “new” family members. She loved to attend sporting events, especially when her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were playing. She loved being a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Survivors include her husband, Peter Mulder of Yankton; four children, Steven (Cheryl) Peterson of Texas, Linda (Doug) Folkers and Don (Mary) Peterson of South Dakota, and Carol Williams of Montana; a brother, Dick (Norma) Hanson of Washington; four step-children, Bill (Jan) Mulder of Mitchell, Dianne (Dave) Selchert of Yankton, Bev (Dwight) Bordewyk of Parkston, and Janice (Glenn) Geraets of Mitchell; 23 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.