JoAnn (Groppe) Pauli JoAnn Pauli, 81, of Cheyenne died peacefully at Davis Hospice Care, on June 28, 2024. She was born on March 3, 1943, in Carroll, Iowa, to Edwin and Evelyn (Elias) Groppe. She attended Kindergarten at Manning, Iowa, before moving to Wyoming with her family. JoAnn graduated from Cheyenne Central High School in 1961. Shortly after graduation she married the love of her life, Gerald T. Pauli and they celebrated 54 years of a wonderful marriage.

JoAnn worked at FW Woolworth until she married. She served as Deli manager for the FE Warren commissary and Albertsons. She and Gerald opened The Welding Shop & MFG, LLC, which she remained in ownership of with Gary and Dwayne.

JoAnn was big into the community. She was a Lifetime member of United Commercial Travelers. She volunteered with 4H and with the Trinity Lutheran Youth Groups. JoAnn enjoyed when she was a Boy Scout Den Mother.

JoAnn was predeceased in death by her parents Edwin and Evelyn Groppe, her husband Gerald Pauli and her brother Edwin, Jr. (Janet) Groppe.

She is survived by her sons Terry (Diane), Gary (Kristen), and Dwayne (Donna): brother Alan Groppe; grandchildren Jodi Johnson, Debi (Chris) Walter, Karsten (Brittney) Weihrouch, Matthew Pauli, Kenneth Pauli, Tyler Pauli, Jennifer (Ryan) Dahl; great-grandchildren, Zachery (Tara), Rossum, Delia Walter, Uriah Pauli, Johnathan Walter, Tyler, Pauli, Jr., Leonidis Weihrouch, Theseus Weihrouch; great-great-grandchild Freya Rossum; and numerous nieces and nephews.

There will be viewing on Monday, July 1, 2024, at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church on Tuesday July 2nd at 10:00 am, followed by a reception in the Trinity Lutheran Fellowship Hall. Interment will be at Cheyenne Memorial Gardens, Cheyenne, Wyoming, following the reception.

Pallbearers are Karsten Wiehrouch, Matthew Pauli, Kenneth Pauli and Tyler Pauli.

In lieu of flowers, the family would ask that donations be given to Trinity Lutheran School.