{"id":144445,"date":"2021-08-03T15:39:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T20:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=144445"},"modified":"2021-08-04T11:22:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T16:22:54","slug":"jo-anne-medley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/08\/03\/jo-anne-medley\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo Anne Medley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jo Anne Medley, 81, of Payne, passed away peacefully in the late morning hours of Saturday, July 31, 2021, at Hearth &amp; Home in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jo-Anne-Medley-obit-photo-8-2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144451\"\/><figcaption>Jo Anne Medley<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jo Anne was born in Sturgis, Michigan, on March 24, 1940, a daughter of Edith (Gable) Gravit and Ronald Rawles, who both preceded her in death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a beautiful woman, inside and out. Liked by many, disliked by few. She was a machine operator at Parker Hannifin in, New Haven, Indiana; quality control inspector at Harter Corporation in Sturgis, Michigan, and Van Wert and Sturgis Molded Products. She was a longtime member of the Sturgis Eagles. She loved gardening in her early years, but playing computer games was her go-to activity in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jo Anne will be sadly missed by her children, Donald Meyers Jr., Sherri Schreiber, Lisa Holtz, and James Medley Jr.; her grandchildren; and great-grandchild. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was also preceded in death by a brother, Ronald (Clinton) Rawles, two sisters, Dorothy Donahue and Mary Huber; and a great-granddaughter, Melody Marie Gangwer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Her celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 7, at Thurston Woods Park in Sturgis in a pavilion closest to the water tower. Barbecue will be served. Guests should bring a side dish to share and tableware.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials: Payne American Legion, P.O. Box 458, Payne, OH 45880.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fond memories may be shared at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/dooleyfuneralhome.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">dooleyfuneralhome.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jo Anne Medley, 81, of Payne, passed away peacefully in the late morning hours of Saturday, July 31, 2021, at Hearth &amp; Home in Van Wert. Jo Anne was born in Sturgis, Michigan, on March 24, 1940, a daughter of Edith (Gable) Gravit and Ronald Rawles, who both preceded her in death. She was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 12:28:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}