Joan Klitzke, age 82, of Lake Benton, Minnesota, died peacefully on Friday, April 1, 2022 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, Minnesota.  Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2022 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Grace Lutheran Church in Lake Benton with a Prayer Service to be held at 7:00 PM.  Funeral service will be held on Friday, April 8, 2022 at 10:30 AM at Grace Lutheran Church in Lake Benton.  Burial will be in Diamond Lake Cemetery north of Lake Benton.  Arrangements have been entrusted to the Hartquist Funeral Home – Lake Benton Chapel.