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JO MCDONALD

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JO MCDONALD

1929 - 2015

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the unexpected passing of our mother and grandmother, Johanna McDonald, in Lethbridge on Monday, February 16, 2015 at the age of 85 years.
Relatives and friends were invited to Prayers at Southland Funeral Chapel, 5006 - 48 Avenue, Taber on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 6:00 P.M.
The Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, 5009 - 48 Avenue, Taber on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 10:30 A.M. Burial followed at the Taber Memorial Garden.
Jo will be greatly missed and remembered dearly by her children Patti (Reid) Stevenson of Taber, Jim (Barb) McDonald of Taber, Suzanne McDonald of Kimberley, British Columbia, Janette (Jim Huzczyk) McDonald of Calgary, Keith (Julia) McDonald of Lethbridge, Paul (Karlen) McDonald of Lethbridge, Gord (Karla Trimble) McDonald of Lethbridge and Kathy (Jeff) Bates of Kimberley, British Columbia. She is also survived by ten grandchildren, of whom she was very proud Mitchell and Alexis Stevenson and Corey, Dillan, Taylor, Rachel, Blake, Jeffrey, Brennan and Ryan McDonald. She will be remembered by her special step grandchildren Scott, Mike and Tyson Lommerts and Layla and Marissa Tedesco. Jo is also survived by her sister Julie Ann (John) Calpas of Lethbridge, sisters-in-laws Dot Hagel and Tilly Hagel of Lancer, Saskatchewan and by numerous nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, Jo was predeceased by her husband Ken, brothers Tony Hagel, Simon Hagel and sister Barbara Tumbach and her husband Simon Tumbach.
Johanna was born June 26, 1929 to Andrew and Susannah Hagel in Lancer, Saskatchewan. After high school, she studied at the Convent of Sion in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to become a teacher and moved to Taber to teach school. She met Ken McDonald and fell in love. They married soon after and had eight children, Patti, Jim, Suzanne, Janette, Keith, Paul, Gordon and Kathy.
Jo was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved to spend time with family and friends and she instilled the importance of family to her children. She was also devoted to the church and served it faithfully, most notably with the Catholic Women's League and as an organist for St. Augustine’s parish for more than sixty years.
Jo will be remembered for her strong will and soft heart. Her beautiful and gorgeous smile will be missed dearly. Her family takes reassurance knowing that she is reunited with the love of her life and husband, Ken.
If friends so desire, memorial tributes in Johanna’s name may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, Box 2211, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4K7 (www.heartandstroke.ab.ca).
The family wish to thank all the staff at the Taber Hospital, Foothills Hospital in Calgary and the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge for all the personal, professional and loving care Jo received during her stay.