Her funeral will be held Saturday Sept, 28 at 10:30 am at Weerts Funeral Home in Davenport, with Rev. Jim Jensen and Rev. Wayne Wiersema of Gateway Faith Fellowship, Fulton, IL officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30 am until the service. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Empowering Abilities of Davenport.
JoAnne was born Nov. 22, 1929, in Prophetstown, IL, to Floyd and Irene (Heller) Lindberg. She was educated in Prophetstown Schools. On Oct 2 1946, she married James Jensen in Prophetstown. She later married Virtus C. Rohm on Aug. 16, 1952 in Rock Island, IL, and they shared 62 years before his passing Nov. 24, 2014.
Jo worked at the Rock Island Arsenal for 31 years, retiring in 1988 as foreman of the Target Printing Dept. She was the first female supervisor in Arsenal history. She enjoyed reading, working in her flower and vegetable gardens, cooking, going to yard sales with friends and being with her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by a son, Rev. Jim (Sherry) Jensen of Prophetstown; a daughter, Penni Rohm of Bettendorf, IA; a brother, F. Alan (Cheryl) Lindberg of Athol, ID; three grandchildren, Todd (Connie) Jensen of Prophetstown; Kimberly (Tim) Cook of Hebron, KY; and Kerry (Ryan) Cox of Fox River Grove, IL; 15 great-grandchildren, Jonathan Jensen, Zakary Jensen, Annelise Cook, Deacon Jensen, Abigail Jensen, Jesse Cook, Maxwell Jensen, Eden Jensen, Elliot Cook, Marshall Cox, Seonna Jensen, Elijah Cox, Melody Cox, Logan Cox and Reagan Cox; many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her step-mother Dorothy Lindberg; her husband, Virtus, her brother Charles, and one grandson, Jaime Jensen.
