Joan Patricia Krall

Joan was a friend to many at the Cuyahoga County Engineer's Office where she was an office manager for the Maintenance Department. She helped oversee the daily repair of 214 bridges and over 1,000 lane miles of county roadway. At its peak, the department had a staff of more than 300 construction personnel stationed at eight "Yards" located around the county. Joan was a chronicler of everything that happened. She even wrote about employee news in "Joan Hears," a popular column in the county engineer's "Transit" newsletter. When the county decided to turn routine road maintenance over to municipalities, in 1988, Joan played an important role in this transition. The Maintenance Department had recently lost 85 employees through an early retirement plan and she worked diligently with yard superintendents and the Human Resource Department to ease employee fears about possible layoffs. She then helped to coordinate the retraining of roadway workers for bridge construction and repairs. Joan's optimism, kindness and humor made working with her a true joy and for that shall we be forever thankful. Hey Joan, my grandchildren enjoy playing with the dolls that you made for my daughters 40 years ago.

Joanie was one of my sister Charmaine´s friends who was a true friend. I cared deeply for her. God Bless Her and take Her in His arms and Love Her. God Bless You Joanie. I will always remember how special you are.

One of the sweetest, most wonderful people to EVER walk the earth. Joanie was best friend to my sister, MJ, for such a long time! She helped her when she took care of my parents and always sent things to my daughter, Alexa, for every birthday or event in her life. She was so talented with her arts and crafts. I truly loved this woman and I will miss her tremendously. My sister will NEVER have a friend quite like her. God bless Joanie...we love you!