Josephine Cremer

JOSEPHINE ANNE CREMER Waynesville, NC-Josephine Anne "JoAnne" Cremer, age 58, of 2229 Mauney Cove Road, died Monday, August 23, 2004 at her residence. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, she was born July 5, 1946. She was of daughter of the late Stanley and LaVerne Funk Sleevar. She was a graduate of Trinity High School in Bloomington, IL, attended Illinois State University, and received her Masters Degree from Roosevelt University of Chicago. She married Frederick J. Cremer on December 20, 1969 at Epiphany Catholic Church in Normal, Illinois. She taught high school for several years and was administrative assistant to the Director of Public Works for the Village of Glenview in Glenview, IL until she retired in June of 2001. After retirement she traveled to England, Europe, and Mexico. She was a member of Saint John's the Evangelist Church in Waynesville. She is survived by her loving husband of 34 years, Frederick Cremer; a daughter, Sarah Bell and her husband, Ian, of England; a sister, Martha Kinsella and her husband, Robert, of Bolingbrook, IL; three nephews and their wives, Joseph and Kristen Ambron Kinsella and their children, Aiden and Caeli, of Jackson, MS; Paul and Sara Herrmann Kinsella, of Sheboygan, WI, Patrick Kinsella of Jackson, MS; and many other family members, Raymond and Anne Bell, David and Amy Bell, and Arthur and Dorothy Clark, all of England, and John Greene and his daughters, Beth Ann and Mary Kay, of Freeport, IL; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. A funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 28, 2004 at St. John's the Evangelist Church of Waynesville with Father Dennis McGowan officiating. Burial will follow at Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, August 27, 2004 at Wells Funeral Homes and Cremation Services of Waynesville. Memorials may be made to the Haywood Regional Medical Center Hospice, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.

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