Joy Audine Pearl Wachsmann

March 3, 1930 - September 3, 2020

Funeral services for Joy Wachsmann, 90, of Paige, Texas are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings with Rev. Robert Tiner officiating. Burial will follow in the Giddings City Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, September 7, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home in Giddings. The family will be present Monday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Joy Audine Pearl Gerlach Wachsmann was born on March 3, 1930 in Northrup, Texas to Ernest and Hattie (Richter) Gerlach. She was baptized on March 16, 1930 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings and confirmed on April 18, 1943 also at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings. She attended school in Manheim, Texas. Joy was united in marriage to Clarence Wachsmann on November 21, 1948 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings by Rev. Max Studtmann. They were blessed with four sons, Glenn, Dennis, Larry & Jeff. Joy and Clarence were lifelong farmers and ranchers and owned and operated Wachsmann Tire Company in Manheim since 1983 until it was closed after Clarence passed away. She enjoyed working on the farm, teaching her family how to butcher, tending to her garden and flower beds, canning, and playing dominos. Family and friends enjoyed eating her coffee cakes. Joy loved people and enjoyed visiting with her neighbors and friends, going to church, and taking care of her family. Joy was a faithful lifelong member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Giddings. Joy passed away the morning of Thursday, September 3, 2020 at Giddings Residence and Rehabilitation Center in Giddings. Joy is preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Clarence Wachsmann and her parents, Ernest & Hattie Gerlach. She is survived by her four sons, Glenn Wachsmann and his wife Betty of Lincoln, Dennis “Mickey” Wachsmann and his wife Pauline of Paige, Larry Wachsmann and his wife Carolyn of Lincoln, and Jeff Wachsmann and his wife Sandi of Keller; grandchildren and great grandchildren, Bradley Wachsmann and his wife, Julie, of Arlington, their children Emarie and Elissa of Arlington, Lindsey Murray and her fiancée Joe Lopez of Lubbock, their children Cooper and Presley of Lubbock, Michael Wachsmann and his wife Nicki of Austin, their children Lia and William of Austin, Kevin Wachsmann and his wife Lindsay of Victoria, their children Kira, Kennedy, and Tatum of Victoria, Stephanie Winkelmann and her husband Ryan of Burton, their children Dalton, Mallory, and Blaine of Burton, Randy Wachsmann and his wife Megan of Lincoln, their children Kanon and Kase of Lincoln, Ashlie Donaldson and her husband Andrew of Frisco, Cameron Wachsmann of College Station and his girlfriend Sage; Jo Ann Thompson of Waxahachie, who was like a sister to her; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Milton Wachsmann of Lincoln, Marvin and Jeanette Wachsmann of Tomball, Leroy and Mildred Wachsmann of Manheim, and Clarence and Ruth Jatzlau of Giddings, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends. Serving as pallbearers will be Bradley Wachsmann, Ryan Winkelmann, Michael Wachsmann, Randy Wachsmann, Kevin Wachsmann, Cameron Wachsmann, and Gary Thompson. Memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church Ring the Bell Fund, 300 North Grimes, Giddings, Texas 78942 or to the charity of one’s choice.