Jo Ann Garr

October 2, 1943 - October 15, 2013

Jo Ann Garr, age 70 of Brookfield, passed away Wednesday October 15, 2013 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Monday October 21, 2013 at Park Baptist Church, with Reverend David Blakely officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery will follow. Visitation will begin at 1:00 pm Sunday October 20, 2013 at Rhodes Funeral Home with family receiving friends from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Memorials have been suggested to St. Jude Children's Hospital, Park Baptist Church, or the Petska Cancer Fund, and may be left at or sent to the funeral home, 216 Linn Street, Brookfield, Missouri 64628. On-line condolences may be forwarded to www.rhodesfh.com Jo Ann was born October 2, 1943 in Glendale, California, daughter of Clarence and Beulah Elliott Farris. On January 5, 1969 she was united in marriage to Robert Wayne Garr Sr. at the Mendon Methodist Church. She lived in Marceline and the Brookfield area, and had worked at Whitaker Cable, Brookfield Nursing Center, and Walsworth Publishing Company for seventeen and one half years before retiring in 2007. She was a member of Park Baptist Church and Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 4557. She is survived by her husband, Bob Garr of the home; one daughter, Tammy and husband Jeff Baker, and one son, Robby Garr and wife Tish, all of Brookfield; grandchildren, Blaine, Tyson, Ryan, Dannie and Zachary Bartlett, Allison Baker, Chandler, Garrett, Avery and November Garr; one great-grandson, Mason Bartlett; two sisters, Penny Stephenson, Holt, and Patty and husband Donnie Barton, Dayton, TX.; two brothers, Roger Farris and wife Cathy, Trenton and Donnie Farris, Brookfield; sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws, Judy Garr, Ronnie and Lene Garr, and Dick and Jeanette Garr. Jo Ann was preceded in death by her grandparents; parents; three children, Larry Joe, Deborah Sue and Kevin Yates; brother, Ronnie Farris; nieces, nephews, cousins and others.