JoAnn Hancock

1937 - 2022

JoAnn Carruthers Hancock

JoAnn Carruthers Hancock 1937-2022

Sandy, Utah - JoAnn Carruthers Hancock, loved wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend. JoAnn passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday April 3rd due to multiple strokes. JoAnn was born February 17th 1937 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Dale Stanley Carruthers and Dorthy May Young. JoAnn was the second child of three siblings. Joyce ( Brad ) Powell and Robert ( Rosealie ) Carruthers. During her childhood years she lived in Idaho, Colorado and New Mexico. JoAnn has so many wonderful memories of growing up and playing with her siblings. When the kids were old enough their job on the ranch was to bottle feed the baby lambs who's mother abandoned them. She loved feeding and spending time with the lambs. They liked to go on road trips around the U.S. But her favorite times was when it was just her and her dad taking off on adventures. Their family moved back to Idaho Falls, Idaho about the time when JoAnn was starting the fourth grade. Since money was scarce JoAnn learned how to sew and make her new dresses. JoAnn loved to sew and was very talented. She could make the most beautiful dresses. JoAnn graduated from Idaho Falls High School and then moved to Seattle Washington where she lived for the next four years. Seattle had a special place in her heart. This is where she met her lifelong and cherished friends. When JoAnn turned twenty one she was called to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ to Cincinnati Ohio. She loved her mission and the people she served. JoAnn then moved to Utah where she attended BYU. During the summers students from BYU could take guided trips to Europe. JoAnn loved her time in Europe and has a photo album with all her memories from Europe. While at BYU she met the love of her life Phil Hancock and were sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple on December 19th 1964. JoAnn and Phil started their lives in Sandy, Utah where they had three daughters. Maria ( Dean ) Kelly, Laura Quaney and Julena ( Andy ) Cano. JoAnn loved to do genealogy, quilting, gardening, sewing, reading, watching westerns and spend time with her family. JoAnn and Phil were blessed with granddaughters. Whitney ( Joshua ) White and Jasmine Rei. JoAnn is survived by her daughters and sons in laws, granddaughters and grand son in law. Sister and brother in law Joyce and Brad. Sister in law Toni and multiple nephews and nieces. JoAnn is proceeded by her husband Phil, mother, father, brother Robert, sister in law Rosealie, nephews Bruce, Ryan and brother in law Richard. There will not be a funeral but a celebration of life at a later date. We would like to thank the doctors, nurses, case workers and CNA's at Inspiration Hospice Care for the wonderful care that was given.