Jo Anne was born to Alma Katherine Clara Wendt and Lawrence Widestrom on July 2, 1946. She was baptized on August 11, 1946 at Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manson, Iowa where she grew up and was confirmed in 1960. She graduated from Manson Community High School in 1964. She then attended Fort Dodge Community College for one year before deciding to move to Texas to be closer to her sister Marie. After moving back to Iowa , she started working for Look Magazine in Des Moines until January, 1972 when she accepted a position with the State of Iowa Department of General Services and Information here she was employed there for 34 1/2 years. It was there she met her best friend Marsha Van Ruden. Jo and Marsha retired on the same day, July 13, 2003.
She was an active and cherished member of Windsor Heights Lutheran Church.
She enjoyed traveling all across the United States, and also to Spain and Hawaii. With her sister, Eileen, she had a passion for genealogy and traveled all over Iowa and Illinois to research their family history.
Jo Anne is preceded in death by her parents, sisters Lucille (Robert) Miller, Bernadine Widestrom, Marie (Norm) Ackers, Audrey Widestrom and one brother William (Karen) Widestrom. She is survived by her sisters Lorna (Don) Hammen, and Eilen (Dwane) Junkman, many loving nieces and nephews and extended family.
She was an active and cherished member of Windsor Heights Lutheran Church.
She enjoyed traveling all across the United States, and also to Spain and Hawaii. With her sister, Eileen, she had a passion for genealogy and traveled all over Iowa and Illinois to research their family history.
Jo Anne is preceded in death by her parents, sisters Lucille (Robert) Miller, Bernadine Widestrom, Marie (Norm) Ackers, Audrey Widestrom and one brother William (Karen) Widestrom. She is survived by her sisters Lorna (Don) Hammen, and Eilen (Dwane) Junkman, many loving nieces and nephews and extended family.
Jo Anne was born to Alma Katherine Clara Wendt and Lawrence Widestrom on July 2, 1946. She was baptized on August 11, 1946 at Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manson, Iowa where she grew up and was confirmed in 1960. She graduated from Manson Community High School in 1964. She then attended Fort Dodge Community College for one year before deciding to move to Texas to be closer to her sister Marie. After moving back to Iowa , she started working for Look Magazine in Des Moines until January, 1972 when she accepted a position with the State of Iowa Department of General Services and Information here she was employed there for 34 1/2 years. It was there she met her best friend Marsha Van Ruden. Jo and Marsha retired on the same day, July 13, 2003.
She was an active and cherished member of Windsor Heights Lutheran Church.
She enjoyed traveling all across the United States, and also to Spain and Hawaii. With her sister, Eileen, she had a passion for genealogy and traveled all over Iowa and Illinois to research their family history.
Jo Anne is preceded in death by her parents, sisters Lucille (Robert) Miller, Bernadine Widestrom, Marie (Norm) Ackers, Audrey Widestrom and one brother William (Karen) Widestrom. She is survived by her sisters Lorna (Don) Hammen, and Eilen (Dwane) Junkman, many loving nieces and nephews and extended family.
She was an active and cherished member of Windsor Heights Lutheran Church.
She enjoyed traveling all across the United States, and also to Spain and Hawaii. With her sister, Eileen, she had a passion for genealogy and traveled all over Iowa and Illinois to research their family history.
Jo Anne is preceded in death by her parents, sisters Lucille (Robert) Miller, Bernadine Widestrom, Marie (Norm) Ackers, Audrey Widestrom and one brother William (Karen) Widestrom. She is survived by her sisters Lorna (Don) Hammen, and Eilen (Dwane) Junkman, many loving nieces and nephews and extended family.
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