Jo Ann L. Mier, 93 of Joy, IL, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2024, Thanksgiving Day, at UnityPoint Health – Trinity, Rock Island. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Friday, December 6, at Buffalo Prairie Community Church, 20320 183rd Ave. W, Reynolds, IL 61279. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in Buffalo Prairie Cemetery. Memorials may be left to Buffalo Prairie Community Church or Illinois City/Buffalo Prairie Volunteer Fire Department. Condolences may be shared with the family online at www.wheelanpressly.com. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory is handling arrangements.
Jo Ann was born on September 9, 1931, in Moline, IL, the daughter of Willett and Lura (Tyler) McGinnis. She graduated from Joy High School, Class of 1949. Jo Ann married Albert C. Mier on March 4, 1950, in Kirkwood, IL.
Jo Ann was a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker. She worked on the farm with her husband. She loved to cook and mow her yard. She enjoyed having her family come to visit, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of Buffalo Prairie Community Church.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children and their spouses, Connie (Kenneth) White, Coal Valley, Cherie (Dennis) VanDaele, Milan, and Michael (Kathy) Mier, Buffalo Prairie; five grandchildren, Christine (Jeremy) Busard, Mark (Amy) Van Daele, Amanda Van Daele, Whitney (Trent) Keever, and Haley (Dan) Pitts; five great-grandchildren; and sister, Lynne Clark, Illinois City.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and sister, Nancy Rursch.