Joanna R. (O’Neil) Stayrook, 91 of Indiana, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
She was born on December 19, 1930 in Blacklick to the late Johnson Henry and Mary O’Neil.
Joanna worked for FMC in Homer City for 10 years as a purchase processor, then worked as a secretary for Calvary Evangelical Free Church, now One Hope Church, and finally for the VNA of Indiana County for 12 years retiring in 1999.
Joanna was a Girl Scout Brownie Troop Leader and a member of the former Calvary Evangelical Free Church where she served as a choir member, Sunday school teacher, Deaconess, and recording secretary. She enjoyed playing the piano, reading, writing, and baking.
She is survived by her daughters Debra Kay (Paul) Buller of Goshen, IN and Sherri Stayrook of Kennewick, WA; 4 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; and a brother Kenneth Knopf of PA.
In addition to her parents and grandparents, Jay and Rose O’Neil, who raised her, Joanna was preceded in death by her husband Harold F. Stayrook, brother James O’Neil and sisters Lona Duell and Fannie Edwards.
Services and burial in Oakland Cemetery are private at Joanna’s family’s request and have been entrusted to the care of the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana.
To send an online condolence to the family, please visit www.bowserminich.com
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