Joann Vanover
Joann Laurene Vanover, 76 years of age, of Beatrice, Nebraska, passed away at the Goldcrest Retirement Center in Adams Monday night, September 4, 2017.
She was born on October 22, 1940 in Beatrice to David and Hazel (Danks) Wherry. She lived in Beatrice most of her life, and was a graduate of Beatrice High School in 1959.
At age 10, she was baptized and became a member of the West Side Baptist Church in Beatrice and later had been a member of the choir and helped clean and decorate the church.
As a teenager, she had worked as a babysitter, and at A&W Root Beer, Hested’s, and Montgomery Wards. Later she worked for Formfit Rogers, and McDonalds for 13 years. Joann married her high school sweetheart Billie Vanover on June 4, 1959 at the West Side Baptist Church in Beatrice. To this union two daughters were born, Pam Ray and Lori Wagers. They lived in Springfield, MO from 1988 until moving back home in 1999.