Joan Mietzner

Visitation for Joan L. "JoJo" Mietzner, 82, formerly of rural St. Anne, will be from 9 a.m. Saturday until the noon funeral services at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kankakee, where she was a lifelong member. Pastors Karl Koeppen and Kyle Mietzner will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory, Kankakee. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Provena Our Lady of Victory in Bourbonnais in memory of Joan Mietzner, or to Lutheran Worship for Shut-ins, Fort Wayne, Ind. She died June 16, 2012, at Provena Our Lady of Victory. Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais, is in charge of arrangements. Ms. Mietzner worked at the Kankakee County Treasurers Office, retiring in 1996 after four decades of service. She was born July 30, 1929, in Kankakee, the daughter of Carl and Kathryn Orr Lueth. She graduated from St. Paul's Lutheran School and Kankakee High School. She attended Valparaiso University for two years. Joan was an active member of Lioness and Jaycettes. She served as a room mother at St. Paul's, was a Cub Scout den mother and a Kankakee County election judge. She and Fritz Mietzner had four children and were married for 30 years. She enjoyed spending time at X-Line Sportsman's Club and Jesse Belle Lane Memorial Park. She was an avid reader. She loved doing crossword puzzles and word searches. Watching basketball, baseball, "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" were among Joan's favorite pastimes. Joan loved her family and was very proud of her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed vacationing with them in Wisconsin and traveling to spend time with her children and grandchildren in their homes. JoJo never missed sending a card to her family and friends on their special days. Surviving are three sons and daughters-in-law, Jonathan and Jennifer Mietzner, of Wilmington, Joel and Pam Mietzner, of Jefferson City, Mo., and Dave and Becky Mietzner, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; one daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and John Sundstrom, of Orono, Minn.; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Barbara and George Rodeghero, of Kankakee, Joyce Shumway, of Highland Park, and Muriel and Duane Denault, of St. Anne; and one sister-in-law, Elaine Lueth, of Loda. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Carl "Skip" Lueth.

Joan Mietzner

July 30, 1929 - June 16, 2012