Mary Jo Kaumo

September 14, 1946 - December 31, 2016

Mary Joe Kaumo, 70, of Rock Springs, Wyoming passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, following a brief illness.

She was born on September 14, 1946 in Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Jane Thomas Tardoni.

Mrs. Kaumo attended schools in Pueblo, Colorado and Rock Springs, graduating in 1964 from Rock Springs High School.  She attended Western Wyoming College and also Beauty College.

She married Buddy A Kaumo on June 17, 1967.

Mrs. Kaumo was a member of St. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church and St. Michael's and was a very active participant in her church.

She enjoyed crafts and researching her genealogy.  She enjoyed spending time with her family and spending time at the summer place in Boulder, Colorado.

Survivors include her husband Buddy A Kaumo of Rock Springs; two sons, Brian Kaumo and wife Donna Little-Kaumo of Green River and Chris Kaumo and wife Laura O"Neill of Washington, DC; one brother Edward Tony" Tardoni and wife Joanna of Rock Springs; her stepmother Ruth FRady of Rock Springs;Two grandchildren David Curd and wife Teresa of Virginia and Heather Chvala and husband Mike of New Hampshire;  five great-grandchildren Kaylee, Brooklyn, Michael, Stephen and James.  She was proceeded in death by her parents and one daughter Michelle.

Information taken from Vase Funeral Home.