St. Clair County Obits

JO ANNE KING

Jo Anne King, 46, Nevada, died March 31, 2001, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was born Sept. 9, 1954, in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Roger Allen and Edith E. (Cole) Hammergreen.
She was a graduate of El Dorado Springs High School in 1972 and then attended Missouri Southern where she obtained an associates degree. In 1976 she was employed by Pillsbury of Joplin. She then continued her schooling while substitute teaching. She moved to El Dorado Springs in 1990 where she was employed by Cedar County Memorial Hospital. She was then employed by the Nevada State Hospital as a developmental assistant, moving to Nevada, in 1991. She then worked for Key Work Clothes in Nevada.
She was united in marriage to Kevin K. King on Feb. 14, 1992, in Nevada. In 1995, she was employed by O'Sullivans in Lamar. In 1999, she became a substitute teacher for the Nevada R-5 School District, a job she dearly loved.
She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in El Dorado Springs, where she taught Sunday School. She was very active in the Bryan and Benton School P.T.O. She enjoyed fishing and gardening.
Survivors include her son, Kevin, of the home; three daughters-Aubrey Housh, and her husband, Jerron-Diamond; and Allison and Kaitlyn King of the home; one grandchild, Colby Tate Housh, the light of her life; four brothers-Kenneth Hammergren and his wife, Barbara-Whittier, CA, Kermit Hammergren and his wife, Kate-Sacramento, CA, Roger Allen Hammergren Jr. and his wife, Linda-Garden City and George Hamergren and his wife, Colleen-Bloomington, NE; and two sisters, Donna Fletcher, and her husband, Jim, and Nancy Post and her husband, Bob-El Dorado Springs; two brothers-in-law, Jay Wyson and his wife, Judy-Modesto, CA, and Bill King and his wife, Julie-Independence; numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; grandparents; George and Bertha "Estep" Cole, and Oscar and Edna Hammergren; five uncles; two aunts and one nephew.
Services were at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, at First Baptist Church 301 E. Highland, Nevada, with Pastor Dana G. Taylor and Dr. William C. Cox officiating. Interment was in Newton Burial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society in care of the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Evergreen Memorial Chapel, Hwy. 54 East at Hickory, Nevada.