Joanne A. Cole-Hysell, age 70, of Sheridan passed away on Monday March 7, 2005 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was born near Cedar Springs on February 21, 1935 the daughter of Walter and Sylvia Robinson Cole.
Joanne was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who enjoyed cooking and helping others. She especially loved her children and grandchildren and spending time with them. She also enjoyed bowling and received many trophies with her bowling.
She was a member of Shiloh Community Church and volunteered with the funeral luncheons and also was a volunteer at United Memorial Hospital in Greenville. She also attended the Congregational Church in Stanton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Waldo and Robert G. Cole, and her husband, Raymond E. Hysell in 1983.
She is survived by her children; Brenda and Mark Tomkinson of Greenville, Jan and Martin Watson and Craig and Tina Hysell of Keyser, West Virginia, Tamie and Tom Benedict of Sheridan, and Brad and Lisa Hysell of Rawlings, Maryland, her grandchildren; Tara, Brett, Rachel, Megan, Olivia, Chase, Alexis, Steven, Paige, Jessica, Scotty, Keagen, and Jordan, her sisters and brother; Barbara Schondelmayer of Wyoming, James and Shirley Cole of Cedar Springs, her twin sister, Jane and Al Thomas of Gowen and Susan and Tim Walker of Cedar Springs, her sister-in-law, Marie Cole of Jenison, and many nieces and nephews, all her church friends, and her special friend, Peggy Rowley.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday March 10, 2005 at 11 AM from Shiloh Community Church with Rev. Ken Harger and Rev. Jamie Nichols officiating. Burial will be Rest Haven Memory Gardens, Belding. Visitation will be today from 2-4 and 6-8 PM at Hurst Funeral Home, Greenville. Memorial contributions may be given to the American Heart Association.
