JoAnne Foley Reeves Obituary (1938

JoAnne Foley Reeves, Oro Valley, AZ, died on December 11, 2022 in Oro Valley. Shewas born March 12, 1938 in Norton, KS to J. Lowell and Alice (Sproul) Foley. Sheattended school in Osborne, Colby, and Norton, KS and graduated from NortonCommunity High School. She attended nurses training at Stormont Vail School ofNursing in Topeka, KS, and then Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.She married Dale L. Reeves, August 25, 1957 in Norton. They were married 65 years.They lived in Manhattan, Norton, and St. Francis KS; Ft. Collins CO; GaboroneBotswana, Africa; Brookings SD; and Oro Valley.She was a member of the Faculty Women's Club, the Traffic Safety Committee ofBrookings, United Methodist Women, Bel Canto Music Club, P.E.O. Chapter BP in SDand Chapter DU in AZ. She served seven years on the Executive Board of SD StateChapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood serving as state president in her seventh year.JoAnne was an avid reader, Type 1 diabetic, good in mathematics, and with personalcomputers. She enjoyed bridge, mahjong, music, traveling, and family. She was a veryorganized person who became a Sudoku addict.She is survived by her husband, Dale, of Oro Valley, and three children: Theresa (Art)Petty, Bruce (Beth) Reeves, and Richard (Sue) Reeves; 11 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren; one sister, Mary Kay (Jack) Woodyard, Norton, KS, and one sister-in-law,Donna Young, Waverly, IA. Preceding her in death were her parents; parents-in-law;sister-in-law, Joan Foley; brother, Duaine Foley; and brother-in-law, Jim Young.A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 2022 at VistosoFuneral Home, 2285 Rancho Vistoso Boulevard, Oro Valley.Please send memorials to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (www.JDRF.org); TheP.E.O. Foundation, 3700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312; or First UnitedMethodist Church, 625 5 th St., Brookings, SD 57006.