This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HARDY, LORE, MEYER, RICKUS, CARLYON, SMITH, GRAHAM, KENNEDY, BARNES, COUCH, OWENS, LANE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/4366 Message Board Post: JoAnn Francis Lore, of Irondale, originally of Weingarten, went to sleep for the last time on Earth Saturday, May 13, 2006 to awake at home with her parents, the late John and Hazel (Hardy) Lore in Heaven. JoAnn was born December 23, 1941, at the family home in Weingarten. She was a retiree of the Missouri Mental and Correctional Systems, where she worked as an LPN. JoAnn was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend. She was married to the late Ervin (Sonny) Meyer, with whom she has two sons; Ken (wife Sheri) Meyer of Sherwood, AR and Tom (Dianna) Meyer of Coffman, MO. She was later married to Wendell "Wink" Rickus and had two more children: Ann (Mrs. Todd) Carlyon of Irondale, MO and Rick (Sarah) Rickus, of Farmington. She was also the extremely proud grandmother of ten grandchildren: Christopher and Bradley Meyer of Sherwood, AR; Amanda Meyer, of Columbia, MO; Ashley Meyer of Coffman, MO; Alyssa Carlyon of Farmington; Racheal and Caleb Carlyon of Irondale, MO; Victoria and Allison Rickus, of Farmington and Cody Smith of Annapolis, MO. JoAnn was the youngest of eight children: Hilda (the late Lawrence) Graham of Corning, CA; Gloria (Mrs. Troy) Kennedy of Farmington; Bob "Dale" (Penny) Barnes of Napesville, IL; Betty (the late Andy) Couch of Sherwood, AR; Janet (the late Harold "Tubby") Owens of Farmington; Joan (Jim) Lane, of Farmington, and her twin, Judy Meyer of Ste. Genevieve, MO. She will be sadly missed by several special nieces; nephews; cousins and friends with whom she shared many memories. Funeral services wre held Wednesday, 10 A.M. May 17, 2006 at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel, with Austin Giffin officiating. Interment followed at Genevieve Baptist Cemetery, Ste. Genevieve County. Memorials suggested to St. Louis Children's Hospital in honor of Allison Rickus. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, May 18, 2006