JOANNE HAINES

Joanne F. Haines, 93 of Lewistown, Missouri died December 8, 2019 at the Country Aire Retirement Estates at Lewistown.

The daughter of Egbert and Madge Harris Arnold, she was born on July 28, 1926 at Lewistown, Missouri.

She was united in marriage to Garrett Haines on August 11, 1946 at Lewistown, Missouri. He preceded her in death on August 29, 1999. She late married Richard Albertson on December 14, 2003 at Alamo, Texas. He preceded her in death on September 8, 2013.

Joanne was a member of the First Baptist Church of Alamo, Texas. She graduated from the Lewistown High School and was a member of the LaBelle Eastern Star Chapter #316, Lewis County Memorial Post #578 Auxiliary and the We Moderns Club serving as the first President. When she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lewistown she taught Sunday school, was a GA leader and served as church clerk. She was a retired Postmaster and served as the first female President of the MO Postmaster’s Association, a member of NAPUS and a lifelong Democrat. She spent many wonderful years as a Winter Texan, then Texan, as a member of the Winter Ranch Community in Alamo, Texas. Joanne loved to spend time with family, read and listen to music on you tube, especially the Gaither’s. The family would like to say a special thank you to Pat Fleer and Nancy Arnold for their visits with Joanne at C.A.R.E.

She is survived by her three daughters, Janis Kay (Roger) VanMeter of Lewistown, Mo., Gari Anne Baltz of Republic, Mo. and Mary Jill Williams of Goshen, Ky.; seven grandchildren, Darin (Teresa) VanMeter of Hannibal, Mo., Paul (Cayla) VanMeter of Sunnyvale, Tx., Seth VanMeter of Jenks, Ok., Meagan (Heath) Beilstein-Heitman of Hannibal, Mo., Kasi (Greg) Whorley of Portland, Or., Kori Johnson of Republic, Mo. and Mitchell Williams of Lexington, Ky.; seven great-grandchildren, Josh VanMeter, Micah VanMeter, Ryanne VanMeter, Aidan VanMeter, Reagan VanMeter, Gracie Decker and Nikki Decker; a brother, Burleigh (Rebecca) Arnold of Los Angeles, Ca.; two sisters-in-law, Norma Jean Arnold of Seattle, Wa. and Sally McChristy of Quincy, Il.; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, a brother, Bill Arnold and a half-brother, Clifford Spath.

Visitation will be held Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019 from 1 p.m. until the time of services at Arnold’s Funeral Home in Lewistown. An Eastern Star service will be held at 12:30 p.m. prior to visitation.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Arnold’s Funeral Home in Lewistown, Missouri with Rev. Ron Pascha officiating. Joanne’s favorite songs, “His Eye Is On The Sparrow” and “Because He Lives” will be sung by her special friend Debra Dance-Uhrig. Grandchildren Pallbearers: Darin VanMeter, Paul VanMeter, Seth VanMeter, Kasi Whorley, Kori Johnson, Meagan Beilstein-Heitman and Mitchell Williams.
Burial will be in the Lewistown Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the C.A.R.E. Auxiliary for the purchase of a frozen coke machine.

Online condolences may be left at www.arnoldsfuneralhome.net