Jo Ann L. Walter

Jo Ann L. Walter

July 22, 1958 - Dec. 13, 2013

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Jo Ann L. Walter, age 55, of McCook, Nebraska, died at the Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte on Dec. 13, 2013.

She was born in Greeley, Colorado, on July 22, 1958, to LeRoy and Shirley (Mason) Walter. Jo Ann graduated from Arvada West High School in Arvada, Colorado, and attended college in Fort Collins for drafting.

Jo Ann worked in the Denver area as a computer technician, building computers. In 1996, Jo Ann moved to Stratton, Nebraska, to be close to family. She loved cats, especially Persian and Maine Coon cats. Jo Ann showed her pets at cat shows in Nebraska. She also liked to knit and make pencil drawings. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Jo Ann was preceded in death by her father, LeRoy Walter and grandparents, Verna Heuchele and Henry and Hilda (Meyer) Walter.

She is survived by her mother, Shirley of Trenton; two brothers, Jeff and wife, Cathy of Denver, Colorado, Jerry of Trenton, Nebraska and significant other, Tim Richards of McCook, and nephew, Jeffery and wife, Gina Walter of Westminster, Colorado.

Memorial services will be Friday Dec. 20, 2013, 1 p.m. at the Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel in McCook, with Mike Roth officiating. A private interment will be held by the family at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Stratton. Memorials may be left in Jo Ann's name at the Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel.

Herrmann Jones Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.