Dawson-Buffalo County NeArchives Obituaries.....Hunt, Betty Jo Danner June 29, 2010 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@gmail.com July 1, 2010, 10:12 am Lexington Clipper-Herald July 3, 2010 Jo Hunt, age 89, of Kearney, former longtime Cozad resident, died June 29, 2010 at her home in Kearney after a long illness. Services will be held Friday, July 2, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Cozad with the Reverends Doug Smith and Gary Main officiating. Burial will be in the Cozad Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 1, 2010 at the Berryman Funeral Home in Cozad. She was born April 7, 1921 to Herbert and Veda (Cox) Danner near Shelton. She graduated from Gibbon High School and then from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She married Francis Hunt on July 17, 1947 in Lincoln. The couple was blessed with three daughters, Mary Lee, Ann and Judy. After living in Lincoln, Republican City and Sidney, Fran and Jo moved to Cozad. They bought Hart Cleaners and renamed it Hunt Cleaners. After many successful years in the dry cleaning business, the couple retired and moved to Kearney in June of 1989. Jo was a past member of First United Methodist Church in Cozad and a current member of First United Methodist Church in Kearney. She enjoyed participating in church circles, teaching Sunday school and playing in numerous bridge clubs. She was especially proud of her family. Jo is survived by her husband, Fran Hunt of Kearney; two daughters, Ann (Don) Heiman of Westminster, Colo., Judy Cumming of Cozad; son-in-law, Larry Wilhelmi of Grand Island; 10 grandchildren, Dana (James) Pavlik, Annette (Jason) Harb, Rebecca Wilhelmi, Sarah Heiman, Kristen Heiman, Zach Heiman, Mike (Jennifer) Cumming, Holly (Curt) Rickertsen, David (Tiffany) Cumming and Bobby Cumming; 11 great grandchildren, Kiara, Kael and Jadyn Pavlik, Caleb, Owen, Emma and Zane Harb, Adah and Boden Cumming, Greta Rickertsen and another due in September. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Jim Danner; a daughter, Mary Lee Wilhelmi and son-in-law, Bruce Cumming. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/dawson/obits/h/hunt195gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb