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The Daily Times-Call
Joanne Sue (Sims) FREY
of Loveland, formerly of Longmont, died February 23, 2008, while on a cruise, in
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Joanne was born on November 13, 1934, in Windsor, Missouri to Joseph Sims and
Phyllis Williams Sims.
Joanne was from Missouri, and spent her childhood years in Windsor and
Warrensburg in the midst of a widely extended family. Her family moved to
Longmont in 1947, where Joanne graduated from Longmont High School in 1952.
After a year at Colorado State University, she started her own family and
devoted the rest of her life to the care of her children. While she was working
for the
Longmont Public Schools, she met her husband Ed, who had moved to
Longmont from the Chicago area in 1974. They were married on May 15, 1975, in
Cheyenne, Wyoming and shared the last 33 years of her life in Longmont, Grand
Junction and Loveland.
Joanne will be fondly remembered for the joy and caring she brought into the
lives she touched. While she worked in many jobs throughout the years of raising
her children, she will best be remembered for the loyal friendships she shared,
her laughter and candor, and her love of life. She was always faithful in
recognizing the special events in the lives of her friends and extended family.
No birthday, graduation, birth, or passing was left unnoticed. She established
lifelong friendships and was always available to lend a helping hand and
sympathetic ear to those who needed them. She was a skilled listener, and gave
loving encouragement to those who were having difficulty finding their way. She
was a gifted “mom,” a delightful life partner, homemaker, and hostess and made
new friends wherever she went.
In her retirement years, she loved to travel, especially on Holland America
cruises, where she could kick back and enjoy the pampering while exploring new
places and meeting new people. She loved to read, write letters and spend time
with friends and family. She made us all know that we were loved, appreciated
and special to her. While we grieve her passing, we will celebrate having had
her beside us as we shared a part of our life journeys.
Surviving are her husband Ed of Loveland, two daughters: Cindi Scherman and
her husband David of Grand Junction and Gina Simmons and her husband Chaz of
Anchorage, Alaska; a son Brian Howe of Thornton; stepchildren: Gretchen Frey and
her husband Kern Buckner of Littleton, CO, James Frey and his wife Jackie of
Dunstable, MA and Daniel Frey and his wife Ann of Garner, NC; a sister Kathy
Ballinger and her husband Ben of Longmont; 12 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 1 at the Howe Mortuary
Chapel, with Reverend Paul Frey of Trinity United Methodist Church, Anderson, SC
officiating.
Contributions may be made to House of Neighborly Service, 565 N. Cleveland
Ave., Loveland, CO 80537.
Please share your thoughts, memories and condolences with the family at
www.howemortuary.com
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