Joann Moses

Graveside Service

Friday, February 14, 2020 ~ 11:00 AM

Highland Township Cemetery

Bayard, Iowa

Officiating

Rev. Karen Patrick

Honorary Bearers

Gentry Lowe     Jason Sheer     Dakota Sheer

Rachel Sheer     Karen Gotto

Mike Sheer ~ In Memoriam

Morgan Maurath ~ In Memoriam

Following the graveside service, JoAnn’s family will receive friends at a potluck in the Bayard Community Building.

The family respectfully requests donation of food for the potluck, in lieu of flowers or memorial donations.

   JoAnn Eileen (Sheer) Moses, daughter of Howard and Betty (Kinnick) Sheer, was born December 4, 1957 at Jefferson, Iowa.  She grew up on a farm south of Jefferson, Iowa and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1976.  In July of 1974, JoAnn sustained injuries in a car accident that left her wheelchair-bound.

   During her senior year of high school on December 14, 1975, JoAnn was united in marriage with Robert Moses.  One son, Robert E. “Bobby” Moses, was born to this union.  After they divorced, JoAnn and Bobby moved back to her parents’ farm and then to Bayard in 1987. JoAnn was a dedicated mother and homemaker and enjoyed embroidery, watching movies, going shopping, reading and doing jigsaw puzzles. She also enjoyed watching the Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks. She was currently a resident of Manor Care Nursing Home in West Des Moines.

   On Monday, February 3, 2020, JoAnne passed away at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She was 62 years, 1 month and 30 days of age.

   JoAnn is preceded in death by her parents, nephew Mike Sheer, niece Morgan (Sheer) Maurath, and many aunts and uncles, and other relatives.

   She is survived by her son Robert E. Moses of Perry; brothers Kelly Sheer (Linda) and Steve Sheer (Cheryl), both of Bayard; a niece Karen Gott of Carroll; a nephew Jason (Elaine) Sheer of Johnston; several cousins and many people she thought of as family at the Manor Care.

JoAnn (Sheer) Moses, age 62, of West Des Moines and formerly of Bayard, passed away on Monday, February 3, 2020, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Ohde Funeral Home in Bayard is in charge of arrangements.