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Jo Ann Roman |
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June 4, 1951 ~ March 20, 2016 |
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April 3, 2016 |
 At
1:30 p.m. on March 20, 2016, after 64 years, Jo
Ann Roman passed away at her Moyie Springs,
Idaho home in the arms of her loving husband,
Manny Roman. Cause of death was extensive cancer
in her abdomen. Doctors attempted surgery on
January 13, 2016; but said the cancer had spread
too far and death was inevitable. She was
discharged from the hospital on January 29, with
a prognosis of two to four weeks to live.
Jo was born in Bonners Ferry on June 4, 1951,
the fourth child of Charles James Walter and
Ruby E. Walter (Foust). At age 13, after both
parents had passed away, her older sister Sandy
Lorentzen and her husband Larry Lorentzen became
Jo’s legal guardians. Larry was in the Air Force
and the family later moved to Ramey Air Force
Base in Puerto Rico, where Jo finished high
school, followed with one year at Marymount
College in Salina, Kansas. In high school, she
met Manny Roman, whom she married on June 19,
1971, while he was a senior at Georgia Tech. Jo
and Manny were married 44 years and have three
daughters: Angela Sue, Rheanna Nichole, and
Larissa Ann; and six grandchildren.
Jo was primarily a homemaker, and country girl
at heart. She had a passion for dairy goats,
chickens, cheese making, sewing, quilting,
baking, cake decorating, cooking, and serving
her family. She would make holidays and
birthdays into very special and elaborate
occasions. She made custom tailored clothing for
all the girls and her husband. She also
homeschooled all three girls after the Lord told
her to remove them from a private Christian
school and teach them at home. When living in
the Bonners Ferry area, she was a 4-H leader for
cake decorating and sewing, and a volunteer for
quilting and sewing exhibits at the County Fair. |
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