Joyce Elaine Buchholdt, 78
Lake County Leader | UPDATED 13 hours, 55 minutes AGO
Joyce Elaine Buchholdt
Joyce Elaine Buchholdt, 78, of Elmo, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at St Joseph Medical Center in Polson of natural causes. She was born Feb. 27, 1947, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Francis N. Tuttle and Coral Genevieve (Brown) Tuttle.
On Nov 13, 1986, she married Kim Buchholdt in Salt Lake City. For the past 40 years, she was a loving wife, devoted to Kim. The couple moved to Montana in 2001, purchased the Big Arm General store, and fell in love with Montana.
Her favorite pastime was driving in her vintage neon yellow Corvette with the top down. She loved her orange cats and traveling with her husband.
She is survived by her husband, Kim Buchholdt; her brother, Allen R. Tuttle; her sisters, Kristine Anderson and Coral J. England; and her stepdaughters Melitta Buchholdt-Lueck and Liane Buchholdt.
May she rest in peace now after battling many years of cancer and the toll it took on her body. Memories and condolences may be sent to the family at lakefuneralhomeandcremation.com.
Arrangements are under the care of The Lake Funeral Home and Crematory.