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Joanne Lenore LaFavre Pennock
22 Jan 1934 – 20 Jul 2024
| Birth | 22 Jan 1934 |
| Death | 20 Jul 2024 |
| Cemetery | Newton Union Cemetery Newton , Jasper County , Iowa , USA |
| Added by | Mary Hammill Rund on 24 Jul 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272757110 |
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At end of the main entrance road, right across from the office.
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Joanne (LaFavre) Pennock, 90, of Des Moines, formerly of Newton, died on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Urbandale Healthcare Center. Visitation and funeral service at the Des Moines Seventh-day Adventist Church. Memorials to the Des Moines Adventist School. Joanne was born to Eugene [Find a Grave Memorial ID: 255746558] and Christine Marie (Samson) Rector on January 22, 1934, in St. Paul, Minnesota. As a young child, she moved to Newton, Iowa with her family. By the age of 12, Joanne changed her name to LaFavre to reflect the love she had for her step-father, Charles LaFavre. Joanne was a 1952 graduate of Newton High School. On June 6, 1953, she married Wayne Pennock in Newton. Joanne worked at the Maytag Company before her children were born. Later, she worked for 20 years as the Church Secretary at the First Lutheran Church and then for 20 years as an Administrative Assistant for the State of Iowa Department of Human Services, retiring in 2009. Joanne was a long-time member of the Des Moines Seventh-day Adventist Church. She enjoyed traveling, stained glass, genealogy, flower gardening, and cooking. Joanne is survived by her three children, Debra Worrell of Omaha, Nebraska, David (Heidi) Pennock of Camarillo, California, and Tim (Andrea) Pennock of Des Moines; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Marie LaFavre; husband, Wayne Pennock; her son-in-law, Fred Worrell; step-grandson, Dustin Blanchard; and her siblings, Beverly Marker and Dennis LaFavre. Source: Wallace Family Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa [edited] ~ Added by Mary Hammill Rund
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