In Memory

Jo Anne Hedges (Hoskinson)

Jo Anne Hedges (Hoskinson)

JoAnne M. 'Jo Jo' Hedges, 67, Belton MO, passed away at KUMC January 10, 2014. The Celebration of Life service will be at Mount Washington Baptist Church, 9623 E. Independence Avenue, Independence MO 4:00-6:00 p.m. January 12, 2014, Pastor Clarence Newton officiating. JoAnne was born August 31, 1946, in Kansas City, MO, to Delmer and Josephine (Briscoe) Hedges. Jo received her Master's of Social Work from UMKC. Jo worked for Kansas City Community Center as a Social Worker. She was an active member of her church. She loved her family especially her grandchildren and friends. She fought the good fight with lung cancer to the very end. Jo is survived by her son, Michael T. and wife Brittany, Arlington, TX; grandchildren, Rylie, Reagan, Aiden and Austin; and seven brothers and sisters, Del Hedges and wife Janet, Colorado Springs, CO, Paulette Hedges, Las Vegas, NV, Bernadette Williams and husband Charlie, Muskogee, OK, Clarine Blakely and husband David, Dayton, OH, Mary Beth Traul and husband Wes, Garnett, KS, Annette Stoneking and husband John, Belton, MO, James Hedges, Kansas City, MO; and many nieces and nephews. Jo is preceded in death by mother, Josephine, brother Tom and son, Kelly Hoskinson. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be sent to Mount Washington Baptist Church, 9623 E. Independence Avenue, Independence, MO, 816-524-5688. The family of JoAnne Hedges wishes to thank her church family and University of Kansas Cancer Center Hospital for their prayers and support.

 
 

Published in Kansas City Star on Jan. 12, 2014