I can't tell you Aunt Jo's middle name; it's a family secret. It's a beautiful name, but she has always hated it, wishing that instead she had been given the name 'Ellen', her mother's and grandmother's middle name. Aunt Jo was named after grandpa's mother.
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Although she had offers, Aunt Jo didn't marry when she was young; she wanted to have a job so that she could have her own money instead of having to ask her husband for grocery or clothes money. She had seen her mother do this for years and thought it would be humiliating to have to justify to someone else how she was spending money. Aunt Jo went to business school and became a bookkeeper at Walker muffler company. She worked there for about 30 years, then took early retirement when the company needed to lay people off. Aunt Jo didn't ask how much the pension was, she asked only about medical insurance. She was smart: she knew that no matter how good a pension check looked, it wouldn't keep up with the high cost of medical bills. The proof of her cleverness is that for the past 30 years Aunt Jo hasn't had to pay a doctor or hospital bill. If she had had to buy her own insurance, the amount of her monthly pension wouldn't even have paid the premium--and she would still have deductibles and co-pays!
Aunt Jo was the keeper of the family history after her siblings passed on. She told such good stories about when she was young. Of course as time went on, the details about *who* was involved changed, so we weren't sure exactly which cousin or grandparent this happened to. Aunt Jo refused to wear a hearing aid, so it was easier to listen to her talk about the olden days than for us to tell her what was happening now, giving her the chance to tell us what it was like attending a one-room schoolhouse, growing up with our grandparents, or visiting Israel.
Aunt Jo married Uncle Harold when she was 60-something. They had worked together at Walker, but he was married back then. Some time after his wife passed, he began dating Aunt Jo. They spent their summers in Michigan and winters in Arizona until Uncle Harold passed away a few years ago. Even after they were married, Aunt Jo insisted that the money be kept separate so that she wouldn't ever have to worry about asking her husband for money.
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Although she had offers, Aunt Jo didn't marry when she was young; she wanted to have a job so that she could have her own money instead of having to ask her husband for grocery or clothes money. She had seen her mother do this for years and thought it would be humiliating to have to justify to someone else how she was spending money. Aunt Jo went to business school and became a bookkeeper at Walker muffler company. She worked there for about 30 years, then took early retirement when the company needed to lay people off. Aunt Jo didn't ask how much the pension was, she asked only about medical insurance. She was smart: she knew that no matter how good a pension check looked, it wouldn't keep up with the high cost of medical bills. The proof of her cleverness is that for the past 30 years Aunt Jo hasn't had to pay a doctor or hospital bill. If she had had to buy her own insurance, the amount of her monthly pension wouldn't even have paid the premium--and she would still have deductibles and co-pays!
Aunt Jo was the keeper of the family history after her siblings passed on. She told such good stories about when she was young. Of course as time went on, the details about *who* was involved changed, so we weren't sure exactly which cousin or grandparent this happened to. Aunt Jo refused to wear a hearing aid, so it was easier to listen to her talk about the olden days than for us to tell her what was happening now, giving her the chance to tell us what it was like attending a one-room schoolhouse, growing up with our grandparents, or visiting Israel.
Aunt Jo married Uncle Harold when she was 60-something. They had worked together at Walker, but he was married back then. Some time after his wife passed, he began dating Aunt Jo. They spent their summers in Michigan and winters in Arizona until Uncle Harold passed away a few years ago. Even after they were married, Aunt Jo insisted that the money be kept separate so that she wouldn't ever have to worry about asking her husband for money.
I can't tell you Aunt Jo's middle name; it's a family secret. It's a beautiful name, but she has always hated it, wishing that instead she had been given the name 'Ellen', her mother's and grandmother's middle name. Aunt Jo was named after grandpa's mother.
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Although she had offers, Aunt Jo didn't marry when she was young; she wanted to have a job so that she could have her own money instead of having to ask her husband for grocery or clothes money. She had seen her mother do this for years and thought it would be humiliating to have to justify to someone else how she was spending money. Aunt Jo went to business school and became a bookkeeper at Walker muffler company. She worked there for about 30 years, then took early retirement when the company needed to lay people off. Aunt Jo didn't ask how much the pension was, she asked only about medical insurance. She was smart: she knew that no matter how good a pension check looked, it wouldn't keep up with the high cost of medical bills. The proof of her cleverness is that for the past 30 years Aunt Jo hasn't had to pay a doctor or hospital bill. If she had had to buy her own insurance, the amount of her monthly pension wouldn't even have paid the premium--and she would still have deductibles and co-pays!
Aunt Jo was the keeper of the family history after her siblings passed on. She told such good stories about when she was young. Of course as time went on, the details about *who* was involved changed, so we weren't sure exactly which cousin or grandparent this happened to. Aunt Jo refused to wear a hearing aid, so it was easier to listen to her talk about the olden days than for us to tell her what was happening now, giving her the chance to tell us what it was like attending a one-room schoolhouse, growing up with our grandparents, or visiting Israel.
Aunt Jo married Uncle Harold when she was 60-something. They had worked together at Walker, but he was married back then. Some time after his wife passed, he began dating Aunt Jo. They spent their summers in Michigan and winters in Arizona until Uncle Harold passed away a few years ago. Even after they were married, Aunt Jo insisted that the money be kept separate so that she wouldn't ever have to worry about asking her husband for money.
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Although she had offers, Aunt Jo didn't marry when she was young; she wanted to have a job so that she could have her own money instead of having to ask her husband for grocery or clothes money. She had seen her mother do this for years and thought it would be humiliating to have to justify to someone else how she was spending money. Aunt Jo went to business school and became a bookkeeper at Walker muffler company. She worked there for about 30 years, then took early retirement when the company needed to lay people off. Aunt Jo didn't ask how much the pension was, she asked only about medical insurance. She was smart: she knew that no matter how good a pension check looked, it wouldn't keep up with the high cost of medical bills. The proof of her cleverness is that for the past 30 years Aunt Jo hasn't had to pay a doctor or hospital bill. If she had had to buy her own insurance, the amount of her monthly pension wouldn't even have paid the premium--and she would still have deductibles and co-pays!
Aunt Jo was the keeper of the family history after her siblings passed on. She told such good stories about when she was young. Of course as time went on, the details about *who* was involved changed, so we weren't sure exactly which cousin or grandparent this happened to. Aunt Jo refused to wear a hearing aid, so it was easier to listen to her talk about the olden days than for us to tell her what was happening now, giving her the chance to tell us what it was like attending a one-room schoolhouse, growing up with our grandparents, or visiting Israel.
Aunt Jo married Uncle Harold when she was 60-something. They had worked together at Walker, but he was married back then. Some time after his wife passed, he began dating Aunt Jo. They spent their summers in Michigan and winters in Arizona until Uncle Harold passed away a few years ago. Even after they were married, Aunt Jo insisted that the money be kept separate so that she wouldn't ever have to worry about asking her husband for money.
Gravesite Details
Jo is buried next to her sister Norma and their parents.
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