JoAnne Sweezey, age 76, of Blair, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021, at Carter Place in Blair. Funeral Services will be Friday, December 17, 2021 at 10:30 AM at Hennessey Funeral Home in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery.

#2-Published in the Pilot-Tribune December 21, 2021

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JoAnne Sweezey, age 76, of Blair, Nebraska passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021 in Blair. She was born July 13, 1945 to Max and Mildred (Noyes) Hadfield in Omaha, Nebraska. She married Richard Sweezey on March 2, 1968 and they lived in Kodiak, Alaska where she went to college and worked as a foreman at a fishery. She then moved to Glenview, Illinois where she was employed by Abbot Labs. She also lived a time in Goose Creek, South Carolina, before moving to Blair, Nebraska where she lived for the next 45 years. JoAnne enjoyed country music, watching the news and Nebraska football. She was deeply devoted to caring for her parents as they aged.

Survivors include her son, Jeff Sweezey of Goose Creek, SC; granddaughter, Samantha Sweezey and fiancé’ (Tanner Woehler) of Ralston, NE; great grandson Weston Woehler, 3 great-nieces and 1 great nephew; sister; Genee’ (Norm) Godden of Carmel, IN; nephews, Matt (Penni) Godden, of Carmel, IN and Nick (Kim) Godden of Chicago, IL.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Max Hadfield.

Visitation will be Friday from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at Hennessey Funeral Home in Missouri Valley, Iowa.

#3 Funeral Leaflet

In Loving Memory Of JoAnne Sweezey

Born July 13, 1945 Omaha, Nebraska Entered Into Rest December 11, 2021 Blair, Nebraska Funeral Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 17, 2021 Hennessey Funeral Home, Missouri Valley, Iowa. Vocalist Rick Powell. Organist Sharon Shelton. Selections “You Raise Me Up”

Honorary Casket Bearers: John Burbridge John Saqmake

Casket Bearers: Jeff Sweezey, Matt Godden, Milo Ruffcorn Michael

Place of Rest Magnolia Cemetery Magnolia, Iowa

~~~Obituaries and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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