Jo started her primary education at the Martin Street School
in Wellsville, and was a 1961 graduate of the Coudersport Area Schools. She
graduated from Mansfield University in 1965. She taught for the Wellsville
Central School District for 32 years, summer-school for Bolivar-Richburg, and
Sunday school for the Stannards United Methodist Church. She was named the
Wellsville PTA “Teacher of the Year.” She was a member of the Wellsville
Teacher's Association, the Catherine Schuyler Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, American Association of University Women, and the
Stannards Methodist Church. She enjoyed both American and Irish history, and
genealogy.
She is survived by one daughter Jennifer M. (Sean) McNally
of Alexandria, Virginia, and one grandson, Patrick McNally. In addition to her
parents and husband, she was predeceased by five uncles: Robert, Harry, Clair,
Gerald, and Carlus Hackett, and two aunts: Marjorie (Therold) Furman and
Mayfred (Reuben) Russell.
Friends are invited to call on Saturday, June 30, 2018, from
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the J.W. Embser Sons Funeral Home Inc. in
Wellsville. The funeral will follow visitation at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral
home. Burial will be in Sacred Hears Cemetery. Please consider memorial
donations to the Wellsville Volunteer Ambulance Corps, the David A. Howe Public
Library, or the Willing Volunteer Fire Department. To leave online condolences,
please visit www.embersfuneralhome.com.
