Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stahl, JoAnn (Hilton) March 16, 2025 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@concast.net May 20, 2025, 8:11 am Ionia Shopper's Guide-Saturday March 22, 2025 STAHL JoAnn Stahl, 69, of Ionia passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 16, 2025. JoAnn was born on February 4,1956, in Belding, the daughter of James and Edith (Walters) Hilton. She graduated from Belding High School in 1974 and in March of 1983 married her love, Tim Stahl. Together they have enjoyed just shy of 42 years of marriage.She and Tim spent 14 years in Connecticut while Tim served our country, JoAnn loved every minute of their time there. When it was time to move, she did not want to go, but they settled in Ionia, and she got a job with Ionia Public Schools as a Paraprofessional in the elementary schools. She worked there for 26 years and really enjoyed working with the kids. When she was able, she enjoyed tending to her garden and flowers.She loved spending time at their cottage at Sandy Pines RV Park and delighted when her kids and grandkids came to visit.They enjoyed cruising in the park in the golf carts and playing hide and seek and goft cart tag.JoAnn had a deep love for family. She loved spending time with all of them, especially her grandkids. One of her favorite hobbies was to shop for her grandkids and find them each special items from her.She also had a very close relationship with her sisters.They shared a special bond together and she left a great void with her passing. She will truly be missed. JoAnn is survived by her husband;Tim, her children; Nicole (Adam) Kirk of Jenison, Steven (Courtney)Guthrie of Kentwood, Isias (Ashley) Stahl of Pine Grove,PA, her grandkids; Reese, Sutton, Aiden, Addisyn, Emily, Veda,Connor, Casey, her sisters; Linda (Rich) VerHage of Lowell, Jan (Bob) Mehney of Belding, along with many other extended family members and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Phil Hilton and her sister-in-law, Dawn Hilton. Funeral Services for JoAnn will be on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at 11 am. at the First Congregational Church of Belding, with Pastor Paul Hulford officiating. Visitation will be on Friday evening from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at Johnson Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding Memorial contributions in memory of JoAnn may be directed to the Belding Exploration Lab-Children's Museum. To share a memory of JoAnn, please visit wwwjffh.com. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/stahl48892nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb