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JoAnn has been cremated under the care of the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison, Kansas. Burial will be at a later date at Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas. Memorials are suggested to the Pilot Dog (Seeing Eye dog). Condolences maybe left online at www.beckerdyer.com
She born May 17, 1940 in Washington D.C., the daughter of Leslie and Marie (Young) O'Neil. She married James Ernest on May 17, 1967, and he preceded her in death on September 24, 2002.
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Jennifer Thornton-Smith
July 6, 2022
JoAnn will be greatly missed. The stories she told me of her life are very heart filling. This woman could make the best peanut butter fudge in the world and biscuits. I have a lot of memories with her and she will be loved forever and never forgotten.
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