Funeral services for Jewell Joann Wiese, 83, Willow Springs, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 30, 2021 at Dry Creek General Baptist Church, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Wiese passed away at 7:30 a.m., Thursday, October 21, 2021, at her home.
She was born October 4, 1938, at Twin Bridges, Missouri, to Harley Orvill White and Nola Velma Thornton White. On February 21, 1957, she was married at Alton, Missouri, to Arnold Archibald Wiese, who preceded her in death on November 5, 2018. Joann worked at Rawlings for twenty-one years, Regal-Beloit for twenty-six years and in between had worked as a cook at Ozarks Medical Center; she then stayed home to care for her mother, brother, Ken and his wife, Irene until their passing. She wore many hats and was grandma to many. She helped her mother in raising Richard and Rachell and also kept David Allen and Lowell Sherman; she was a caregiver to many family and friends. Joann was a farmer’s wife; she helped her husband on the farm raising hogs and cows and could be seen on the tractor raking hay in the summer. Her four children were her first priority and she told them many times a day that she loved them. She was a beautiful wife, daughter, mother, sister, grandma, MeMaw and Nan Nan and will be missed by all that knew her. Mrs. Wiese was a member of the Dry Creek General Baptist Church.
She is survived by four children, Sheryl Ford, Anna (Mo) Luton and husband, Jerry, all of the family home; David Wiese and wife, Krista and Dane Wiese and wife, Emma, all of Willow Springs, Missouri; nine grandchildren, Rebekah Ford, Jay Ford and wife, Kyla, John Ford and wife, Julie, Jesse Ford and wife, Cassie, Timothy Ford and wife, Jody, Harley Wiese, William Wiese and wife, Florence, Coatney Wiese and wife, Brittany and Sarah Bullock and husband, Johnathan; twenty-four great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Dale White and wife, Verna, Twin Bridges, Missouri; one brother-in-law, Donald Sneed, Rolla, Missouri; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents, husband of sixty-one years, one grandson, Brian Matthew Wiese, son-in-law, Robert E. Ford, one brother and sister-in-law, Kenith and Irene White and one sister, Elaine White, preceded her in death.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 28, 2021, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Dry Creek Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Dry Creek Cemetery and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO 65775.
