A Celebration of Life for JoAnn Adair, 84, of Story City formerly of Fort Dodge, will be 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the Gunderson Funeral Chapel with Rev. Brian Bopp, Hospice Chaplain of Suncrest Iowa Health and Hospice officiating. A time of gathering for family and friends will be from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on Saturday at the Gunderson Funeral Home and Cremation Services. A private burial will be held in North Lawn Cemetery in Fort Dodge.
JoAnn Arlene Tesdall, the daughter of Arthur and Mable Tesdall, was born June 3, 1935, in Story City and graduated from Story City High School. In 1954, she married Maynard Adair and they moved to Fort Dodge in 1960.
JoAnn was a very hard worker and helped her husband provide for their family. She worked as a secretary in Fort Dodge for the Iowa State University Extension Office and later worked at the Ames extension office retiring in January of 1993.
In her younger years, JoAnn enjoyed being part of a bowling league. She enjoyed baking, cooking, reading and playing cards. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren have fond memories of playing cards with her. Her husband enjoyed gardening and she would can everything that he grew. Maynard died June 25, 1998. For the past several years JoAnn was a resident of the Eastern Star Mason Home in Boone, She passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at the Eastern Star Mason Home surrounded by her family.
Survivors include her three children, Dean (Becky) Adair of Garfield, Arkansas, Timothy Adair of Webster City and Darla Mosbach (special friend Mark) of Webster City; six grandchildren and ten great grandchild; and her sister Leota Berg of Jewell. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters Marjorie Dale and Ruth Stark and her brother Eugene Tesdall.
JoAnn Arlene Tesdall, the daughter of Arthur and Mable Tesdall, was born June 3, 1935, in Story City and graduated from Story City High School. In 1954, she married Maynard Adair and they moved to Fort Dodge in 1960.
JoAnn was a very hard worker and helped her husband provide for their family. She worked as a secretary in Fort Dodge for the Iowa State University Extension Office and later worked at the Ames extension office retiring in January of 1993.
In her younger years, JoAnn enjoyed being part of a bowling league. She enjoyed baking, cooking, reading and playing cards. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren have fond memories of playing cards with her. Her husband enjoyed gardening and she would can everything that he grew. Maynard died June 25, 1998. For the past several years JoAnn was a resident of the Eastern Star Mason Home in Boone, She passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at the Eastern Star Mason Home surrounded by her family.
Survivors include her three children, Dean (Becky) Adair of Garfield, Arkansas, Timothy Adair of Webster City and Darla Mosbach (special friend Mark) of Webster City; six grandchildren and ten great grandchild; and her sister Leota Berg of Jewell. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters Marjorie Dale and Ruth Stark and her brother Eugene Tesdall.
A Celebration of Life for JoAnn Adair, 84, of Story City formerly of Fort Dodge, will be 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the Gunderson Funeral Chapel with Rev. Brian Bopp, Hospice Chaplain of Suncrest Iowa Health and Hospice officiating. A time of gathering for family and friends will be from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on Saturday at the Gunderson Funeral Home and Cremation Services. A private burial will be held in North Lawn Cemetery in Fort Dodge.
JoAnn Arlene Tesdall, the daughter of Arthur and Mable Tesdall, was born June 3, 1935, in Story City and graduated from Story City High School. In 1954, she married Maynard Adair and they moved to Fort Dodge in 1960.
JoAnn was a very hard worker and helped her husband provide for their family. She worked as a secretary in Fort Dodge for the Iowa State University Extension Office and later worked at the Ames extension office retiring in January of 1993.
In her younger years, JoAnn enjoyed being part of a bowling league. She enjoyed baking, cooking, reading and playing cards. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren have fond memories of playing cards with her. Her husband enjoyed gardening and she would can everything that he grew. Maynard died June 25, 1998. For the past several years JoAnn was a resident of the Eastern Star Mason Home in Boone, She passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at the Eastern Star Mason Home surrounded by her family.
Survivors include her three children, Dean (Becky) Adair of Garfield, Arkansas, Timothy Adair of Webster City and Darla Mosbach (special friend Mark) of Webster City; six grandchildren and ten great grandchild; and her sister Leota Berg of Jewell. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters Marjorie Dale and Ruth Stark and her brother Eugene Tesdall.
JoAnn Arlene Tesdall, the daughter of Arthur and Mable Tesdall, was born June 3, 1935, in Story City and graduated from Story City High School. In 1954, she married Maynard Adair and they moved to Fort Dodge in 1960.
JoAnn was a very hard worker and helped her husband provide for their family. She worked as a secretary in Fort Dodge for the Iowa State University Extension Office and later worked at the Ames extension office retiring in January of 1993.
In her younger years, JoAnn enjoyed being part of a bowling league. She enjoyed baking, cooking, reading and playing cards. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren have fond memories of playing cards with her. Her husband enjoyed gardening and she would can everything that he grew. Maynard died June 25, 1998. For the past several years JoAnn was a resident of the Eastern Star Mason Home in Boone, She passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at the Eastern Star Mason Home surrounded by her family.
Survivors include her three children, Dean (Becky) Adair of Garfield, Arkansas, Timothy Adair of Webster City and Darla Mosbach (special friend Mark) of Webster City; six grandchildren and ten great grandchild; and her sister Leota Berg of Jewell. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters Marjorie Dale and Ruth Stark and her brother Eugene Tesdall.
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