Joann Eason Dittert

Mass of Christian Burial services for JoAnn Eason Dittert were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jefferson. Visitation with family present was Monday 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson with a Vigil Service at 6:30 p.m. officiated by Father Jeff Schleisman. Officiating the Mass was Father Schleisman and Eucharistic Ministers were Mary Jane Fields and Sue Wind. Honorary bearers were Her Great Grand Children, Mignon Rasmussen, Keith Rasmussen, Carla and Steve Haupert and Jill and Kevin Rasmussen. Casket bearers were Bruce, Nicole and James Timmons and T. J. Otto, Ann Mino and Abbey Thomas. Gift Bearers were Nancy Timmons and Margaret Otto. Acolyte was Mary Jane Fields and Ushers were Jerry Fields and Tom Feldmann. The Lector was Sue Wind. Musicians were Monica McGregor and Sheilah Pound. Interment was at St. Joseph Cemetery in Jefferson. JoAnn Eason Dittert was born May 20, 1929 at her parents farm home northwest of Scranton, Iowa to Claude L. Eason and Nancy Sayre Eason and died January 11, 2014 in Jefferson. She grew to womanhood in the Scranton area and graduated from Country School 8th grade, Kendrick No. 9 in Kendrick Township. She also graduated from Scranton Consolidated School in May of 1946. During her high school years and a couple years after graduation, she worked at the Security Savings Bank in Scranton. After the death of her mother in 1948, JoAnn and her sister, Lois, moved to Jefferson and opened the Ready to Wear Store, known as Lois & JoAnn's. After moving to Jefferson, JoAnn met Bernard Dittert and they were married December 2, 1950 at the Catholic Rectory in Jefferson. She and Bernard moved to the Dittert Family farm northeast of Jefferson and lived her entire life there until Bernard passed away from pancreatic cancer and she continued living at the farm. Bernard and JoAnn had two daughters, Nancy and Margaret. Nancy now lives in Grand Junction and Margaret in Brea, California. There are five grandchildren: Bruce Timmons (Stacie), James Timmons (Nicole), Ann Mino (Joshua), T. J Otto (Amy), and Abbey Thomas (John); nine great grandchildren: Dalton and Devon Timmons, Bryce, Aubrey and Mallory Timmons, Elliot and Rowan Otto, Greyson Mino and Wayde Thomas arriving April 30, 2014. JoAnn worked at their store part time after she was married and kept things going on the farm and caring for her family. She was a great homemaker and loved cooking and baking for her family and friends and her brother-in-law, Fred Dittert. JoAnn was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard, in 2002, brothers Bud and Donald Eason, sisters Lois and Mary Ferne and son-in-law Mike Timmons. She is also survived by a sister-in-law, Jessie Buchmann, nieces, nephews and many friends. Memorials may be sent in the family's name to Hastings Funeral Home. hastingsfuneral@netins.net www.hastings.com 403 N. Elm, Box 253, Jefferson, Iowa