Wanda “Jo” Wickware, age 79, was born November 18, 1932 to Hubert and Tessie Fann in Webster County, Missouri. She passed from this life into the arms of the Lord, Saturday, Sep-tember 15, 2012 at 11:43 p.m., in Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri after suffering ill health the past twenty years.
Jo was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Robert Fann, and stepson Jerry D. Wickware. She is survived by her husband of 42 years Jerry R. Wickware of the home; daughter Peggy Zeller and husband Edward Zeller Jr., Springfield, MO; stepdaughter Helen Miller, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and stepson Jeffrey W. Wickware, Springfield, MO; twelve grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
No visitation prior to the funeral is planned.
Graveside service will be in the Missouri Veterans Ceme¬tery on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.
Flowers or memorials should be sent to Greenlawn Funeral Home East.