Iola Jane Ackerman

1922 - 2015  (92 years)

• Name	Iola Jane Ackerman
  Born	23 Jan 1922	Springfield, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Jan 2015	Kansas City, Missouri
  Buried	Flora Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri
  Person ID	I108556	Virts
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019

  
  

  Family	John Delbert Joy,   b. 19 Mar 1922, Kansas City, Missouri ,   d. 31 Oct 2006, Kansas City, Missouri  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1951
  Children	1. Michael Joy   2. Susan Joy   3. Barbara Joy   4. Bob Joy
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F44862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lees Summit Journal, January 28, 2015 Jane Joy passed away Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, one day before her 93rd birthday. Jane was born Jan. 23, 1922, in Springfield, Ill., to Royce and Genevieve Ackerman. Her father was a civil engineer for the Missouri Highway Department and moved every few years to various parts of the state. As a result, Jane lived in various communities while growing up. She graduated in 1939 from St. Joseph's Central High School and met her future husband, John Delbert (Del) Joy while playing golf with her sister at Swope Park. She and Del married and moved to Raytown in 1951 and had four children. Jane was a homemaker until her children reached high-school age and then went to work as an instructor and later manager of the Elaine Powers Figure Salon in the Blue Ridge Mall. She later worked on a part-time basis at the Drivers' License Bureau in Raytown. She was a member of PEO and was active as a leader in her children's various scouting and youth activities. Jane, like her mother before her, was an excellent cook and held large dinners for her extended family. While severe hearing loss somewhat limited her activities in her later years, Jane always enjoyed what she was doing and had just returned from a trip to Las Vegas, where she won something at the slots, saw and enjoyed a show or two, and took part in a granddaughter's wedding. Jane was predeceased by her husband, parents, two sisters, Mary Ann Jessup-Gunn and Betty Miller. She is survived by her four children, Michael Joy, of Lee's Summit, Susan Keen, of Lee's Summit, Barbara Ward, of Independence, and Bob Joy, of Wellsville, Kan.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 12 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Floral Hills Funeral Home, 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64133, with visitation at 11 a.m. followed by inurnment next to Del at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family would suggest donations to your local Harvester's. Arrangements: Floral Hills Funeral Home, 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64133; 816-353-1218.