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Jo Donovan Obituary
January 19, 1938 ˜ March 7, 2023
Jo Ann passed away at the age of 85 in Vancouver, WA, of complications due to cancer.
Jo Ann was preceded in death by her parents, Adolph and Emma; husband, John Sr.; daughters, Marcy and Stephanie; siblings, Irene, Buster, Claire, Tom. Survived by daughter, Kelley; sons, John Jr. (Lisa), Brian; son-in-law, Ed; sisters, Sister Mary Angeline, Mary Ann; brother, Ralph; sisters-in-law, Carole (Joe), Barbara; brother-in-law, Lou Merwald; grandchildren, Molly, Kathleen, Jim, Dani, Trevor, Matthew, and Mark; great-grandchild, Collin.
Celebration of Life mass Thursday June 29, 2023. St. Robert Bellarmine Visitation 9 a.m. with mass at 10:30. Stream at www.stroberts.com home page.
In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Servants of Mary or St. Vincent DePaul.
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Mary A Dalton
June 27, 2023
Besides loosing an aunt I feel like I lost a BFF! So many great memories of get togethers and trips! Many times we laughed so hard we cried! Still find myself wanting to text her about something on my mind!
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