Erma Jumper Johannes (July 24, 1941 - September 21, 2015)

Erma died at de Greeff Hospice House in St. Louis, after a courageous 53-year battle with Crohn’s Disease. She was born St. Louis, the daughter of Charles Edwin and Betty Mae Goforth Jumper. She and James M. Johannes were married August 19, 1961 in St. Louis.

Erma graduated from Webster Groves High School in Webster Groves, Missouri in 1959. Erma and her husband started Johannes Auto Sales, Inc. in Jackson, MO in May 1963. She and Jim worked together in the family business until her retirement in 2003.

Erma was truly a one of a kind woman. She was strong willed and fought her disease with courage and grace. Her family was the most important thing in the world to her. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, and friend to many. No matter how bad she felt, she got up, got dressed, and attended activities for her daughter and in later years, her grandchildren’s activities too. She never let her health hold her back. Erma lived life to the fullest and was known to dress in animal print clothes with lots of “bling.”

Loving survivors include her husband of 54 years; a daughter, Donna (Don) Schuette of Jackson; two grandchildren, Lauren Schuette and Hunter Schuette both of Jackson; one great granddaughter, Annalyn Sisk of Jackson; two brothers, C. Ernest “Ernie” Jumper of High Ridge, MO; Larry Jumper of Greenville, MO; and a sister, Joan Morris of Bandera, TX. Also surviving are a number of loving nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by a brother, Lloyd Jumper.

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Erma is buried in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO.