Van Wyk, Jo Ann Helene 1934-2020

VAN WYK, BROUWER, WILLEMSEN, GERMAN, WOOD, BISOM, GANFIELD, BIGG, DRAKE, PIPPEL

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Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:29

Jo Ann Helene Van Wyk
September 6, 1934 - July 15, 2020

Jo Ann Helene Van Wyk, age 85 of Monroe, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. Graveside funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at Silent City Cemetery in Monroe. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to the family and online condolences may be left at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com

The daughter of Henry and Jennie (Brouwer) Willemsen, Jo Ann was born on September 6, 1934 on the family farm in Marion County. She graduated from Monroe High School in 1952. On March 4, 1955, she married the love of her life, Darrell G. Van Wyk. She and Darrell later purchased the farm where Jo Ann was born. Jo Ann loved the farm and worked beside her husband all her life. She was a member of the Monroe United Methodist Church and the Newton Moose Lodge.

Jo Ann was an excellent seamstress and spent many hours in her sewing room. She and Darrell spent a lot of night's country dancing with friends, wearing matching dance clothes that Jo Ann had sewn for them. She also enjoyed flea markets, taking care of her flowers and spoiling her much loved dogs, Jo and Joy.

Those left to honor her memory include her three children, Darla (Phil) German, Danna (David) Wood and Darwin (Lori) Van Wyk; six grandchildren, Megan (Justin) Bisom, Madison (Greg) Ganfield, Tanner (Caitlyn) Wood, Lindsey (Conner) Bigg, Ashley (Tom) Drake and Austin (Katy) Van Wyk; 17 great grandchildren; and a sister, Jennie Jo Pippel. Preceding JoAnn in death were her parents, husband, Darrell, in June of 2020 and a granddaughter, Kelly Jo. ~ The Coburn Funeral Home, Monroe, Iowa 15 July 2020.