JoAnn Peterson 1952 - 2020

PETERSON, BARLOW

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 11/30/2020 at 17:11:46

Sioux City Journal
9 August 2020

JoAnn Peterson

Sioux City

JoAnn Peterson, 67, of Sioux City, passed away Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, at her home following a long illness.

Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, 3220 Stone Park Blvd. Visitation will begin at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

JoAnn, a longtime human resources director at Briar Cliff University, was born on Dec. 27, 1952, in Washington, D.C., to Nellie Frances and David Barlow. She graduated from Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Md., and earned her bachelor of arts degree in human resources from Briar Cliff.

For 20 years, she was business manager for the Daily InterLake newspaper in Kalispell, Mont. Later, she joined Briar Cliff where she worked for 14 years before retiring.

JoAnn married Ron Peterson on Dec. 27, 2002, their shared birth date.

A loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, JoAnn enjoyed weekly date nights, traveling and playing games with her friends. She loved the holiday season and spent days making sure her home was ready and fully decorated for entertaining family and friends.

JoAnn, a master gardener, also enjoyed planting and tending to her garden where she could commune with nature. Family members say she wasn't happy unless she had dirt under her fingernails. She loved drinking her morning coffee and enjoying evening sunsets on her back deck, with the flowers, songbirds, turkey and deer.

Most of all, she loved spending time with her family. Going back to Montana, talking daily with her girls and watching her grandchildren at their sporting events were particularly special.

She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Cindy (Steve) Henderson, of Kalispell, and Angela (Jake) Jenkins, of Sioux City; three sons, Michael (Megan) Burns, Jeffrey (Jill) Burns and Gene (Kai) Burns, all of Kalispell; a stepson, Matthew (Larryn) Peterson of Memphis, Tenn.; a stepdaughter, Michelle Peterson of Fort Dodge, Iowa; 15 grandchildren, Austin, Courtney, Chelsey, Nicole, Robby, Kaylub, Jaden, Wyatt,

Jayce, Noah, Kaden, Jayden, Jaxson, Madeleine and Landrie; one great-grandson, McKinley; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father.

Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Association.