Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Joanne Blanche Stevens, 82 years, 6 months, of Bolivar, Mo., went to be with her Lord on April 14, 2020, at 7:15 p.m. in her home under her husband's care after a long illness with heart and Parkinson's diseases.
She was born on Sept. 26, 1937, in a farm home at Ruthven, to Harold and Hazel (Michael) Lowman. She attended Rodman Consolidated School, graduating in 1955.
Joanne married Ronald Eugene Stevens on June 10, 1956, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Joanne worked side-by-side with her husband in different business ventures.
She was a previous member of First Baptist Church in Buffalo...