Joanne "Jo" (Lane) Cribb
December 17, 1932 - June 17, 2022
Joanne “Jo” (Lane) Cribb, age 89 of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Friday, June 17, 2022 at her home.
Born December 17, 1932 in Concord, Massachusetts, the daughter of Walter and Frances (Robinson) Lane. On September 10, 1952 in Reading, MA, she was united in marriage to George Cribb who preceded her in death on July 18, 2020.
Also preceding her in death were her parents; sister and brother-in-law, Patricia and William Richmond and their two sons, Jim and Jack Richmond; and granddaughter, Crystal Canfield.
Surviving are one son, Carl (Ellen Marie) Cribb of Prescott Valley, Arizona; three daughters, Kathryn (John) Butler of DeKalb, Illinois, Jean Cribb of Columbia, Missouri, and Sandra Carpenter of Quincy, Illinois; nine grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Joanne was a 1950 graduate of Reading High School in Reading, MA and a 1951 graduate of Stratford Business School in Boston, MA. In 1951 she passed the civil service test and worked for the U.S. Navy Department in Washington, D.C. where she met her husband who was stationed near by. On November 1, 1976 in Durham, Missouri, they opened Cribb Grocery, retiring in 1993. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Kirksville, Missouri.
Joanne enjoyed walking, line dancing, bowling, water aerobics, knitting, crocheting, reading, volunteering at the hospital and church, and especially her family time.
Memorial services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 23, 2022 at Travis Funeral Chapel in La Plata, Missouri.
Memorials in memory of Joanne may be made to First United Methodist Church or to Church of God Holiness of Kirksville, Missouri. They may be sent to or left at Travis Funeral Chapel, 125 S. Church St., La Plata, MO 63549.
