Jo Ann Edgecombe

A Memorial Service for Jo will be held on Friday, November 18, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Geneva, Nebraska with Kim Dunker presiding. Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 17, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with family present from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Farmer & Son Funeral Home in Geneva, Nebraska. Private Family Burial of Ashes will be held at a later date in the Geneva Public Cemetery in Geneva, Nebraska. To view the Livestream Video you can go to Farmer & Son Funeral Home's Facebook Page or in your search engine type @friendlyfuneraldirectors and click the link to Farmer & Son or click this link https://www.facebook.com/friendlyfuneraldirectors and it should direct you to our Facebook Page. Memorials are to be directed to the family to be designated at a later date. Jo Ann Edgecombe was born November 14, 1947 at the Geneva Hospital to Warren ‘Flunky’ Lefever and Florence ‘Flossie’ Lefever. She passed away on November 13, 2022 at the Fillmore County Hospital in Geneva, NE at the age of 74 years old, one day shy of her 75th birthday. Jo grew up on the Lefever family farm, four miles west of Geneva. Jo attended grade school and high school at Geneva Public Schools. Jo started dating John in their junior year of high school. Jo graduated with the class of 1965. She attended Kearney State College for two years before marrying John Edgecombe Jr. September 2, 1967. They eloped to South Dakota before moving to California for John’s service in the Navy. John deployed overseas to Vietnam, and upon his return he was transferred to Virginia, before returning home to Geneva. John and Jo welcomed two boys, James in 1971 and Michael in 1974. John and Jo were married for 55 years. Jo worked at the Geneva Public Library and the Geneva High School as a librarian. She helped with production of the Nebraska Signal throughout the years. In 1994, John and Jo bought the Minden Courier, and she began driving to Minden for 10 years to help her son, James, with the production of the newspaper. In 2000, they bought the Hebron Journal Register where she began helping her son, Michael, with the production of that newspaper. Jo had a love for genealogy, and after her mother passed, she took over tracing back the family history. Jo and John traveled to cemeteries and visited family members to help connect the history of the families. Jo was involved with Chi Omega while at the college, traveled throughout the United States while John was serving with the National Newspaper Association, for over 50 years she was a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ, played for the bell choir for several years, was a member of the Fillmore County Democrats, and spent a lot of time traveling to watch her grandchildren in their many activities. She made a great tour guide in Washington D.C. with each of the grandkids throughout the years. She loved playing games with her family including Mexican train dominos, pitch, spoons, and Scrabble. She created a family cookbook and loved cooking for friends and family. Jo is preceded in death by her parents, Flunky and Flossie Lefever and father and mother-in-law John and Bette Edgecombe. Jo is survived by her husband, John Edgecombe; sons, James and wife Michelle Edgecombe of Omaha , Michael and wife Abbe Edgecombe of Hickman; brother Ken and wife Sandra Lefever of Geneva; sister Beth Lefever of Hastings; grandchildren Lauren (Dylan TePoel) Edgecombe of Malmo, Grant (Cece Beahm) Edgecombe of Kearney, Shaun (Shanna Utecht) Edgecombe of Littleton, CO, and Ben Edgecombe of Kearney, Katie, Anna, Luke, and Riley Boonstra of Hickman; nephews, John Lefever of Lincoln, Nate and wife Chelsey Lefever of Geneva, Dan Lefever of Oakland, CA, Brent Hultine of Hastings, and niece Aimee and husband Jeff Schlegel of Lincoln; aunt Jean Vance of Pennsylvania; brother-in law Joe Edgecombe (Judy) of Panama City, FL; and sister-in-law Jan Edgecombe (Glen Capek) of Geneva; and great-nieces and nephews; cousins; and many friends.

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Jo Ann Edgecombe

November 14, 1947 - November 13, 2022