Josephine (Jo) L. Stallings Heger

November 2, 1928 - April 5, 2023

Pinehurst, North Carolina - Josephine (Jo) L. Stallings Heger, 94, of Pinehurst, North Carolina died April 5, 2023 at St. Joseph's of the Pines Health Center in Southern Pines.

A funeral mass was held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Fr. John Forbes officiating on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 11 AM. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Joplin, Missouri.

Josephine was born in 1928 in East St. Louis, Illinois to John E. and Rose A. Creane Stallings. She married Alfred Luke Heger at St. Mary Catholic Church, Trenton, Illinois on November 12, 1956. Josephine retired, having been a medical transcriptionist at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Illinois for over 26 years. She was a member of the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary.

Josephine was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Alfred; her parents, John and Rose; a brother, Monsignor John (Jack) Stallings of Belleville Catholic Diocese of Southern Illinois; a sister, Mary Ann (Martin) Haselhort; a sister, Therese (Michael) Schmalz; a brother, Paul Stallings; and infant daughter, Elizabeth Rose.

Josephine is survived by her two daughters, Rita (Geoffrey) White of Pinehurst, North Carolina and Virginia (David) Sannerud of Castle Rock, Colorado; sister, Ursula (Gerald) Tabaska; four grandchildren, Katherine (Antoine), Michael, Sarah and Patrick White; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Memorial contributions can be made to Pope John Paul II Catholic School, 2922 Camp Easter Road, Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387.

Online condolences may be left at: www.bolesfuneralhome.com

Services are entrusted to Boles Funeral Home, Pinehurst.

Published by Belleville News-Democrat on Apr. 23, 2023.