Joanne Jones Hogan

Joanne Jones Hogan, age 97, of Kankakee and Buckingham, IL, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at Miller Health Care Center in Kankakee. She was born on March 15, 1925, in Detroit, MI, the daughter of Willard & Josephine (Shannon) Jones. Joanne married Richard E. “Dick” Hogan on November 26, 1949, at St. Mary’s Church in Royal Oak, MI. He preceded her in death on July 30, 2019. Joanne was a graduate of Mercy School of Nursing in Detroit, MI and completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL. Her career led her to the Fox Developmental Center in Dwight, the Kankakee State Hospital, and finally to Riverside Healthcare, where she was an RN director and helped set up the Behavioral Medicine practice. She was an avid gardener, passionate quilter, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and a member of the Michigan Mayflower Society. A parishioner of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dwight, Joanne was active in many church duties. Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Sean & Mimi Hogan of Kankakee, IL; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Anne & John Keegan of Atlanta, GA, Katie Bribriesco of Champaign, IL and Mary Hogan & Gregg Makuch of Seattle, WA; one sister and one brother-in-law, Donna & Jim Born of Los Angeles, CA; one brother and sister-in-law, George & Patricia Jones of Thousand Oaks, CA; and a sister-in-law, Ann Jones of Vancouver, Canada. She is also survived by seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren, all of whom she adored greatly. In addition to her husband Dick Hogan, Joanne is preceded in death by her parents; one son, Patrick Hogan, son-in law, Ron Bribriesco, two brothers, Willard Jones and Bobby Jones, two sisters and brothers-in-law, Harry & Mary Ellen Cavanaugh, and David & Penny Frade. A private ceremony “the Nightingale Tribute” performed by the Nurses Honor Guard at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home will be attended by her family. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the 11 a.m. funeral Mass on December 2 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dwight. IL. Interment will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Dwight. Memorials may be made to Uplifted Care of Bourbonnais, IL. Arrangements by Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais.

Joanne Jones Hogan

March 15, 1925 - November 22, 2022