Josephine Jo Edwards
July 22, 2010
Edwards, Josephine “Jo”, 95, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2010. Rosary, 7 p.m., Monday, July 26; Service, 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 27, both at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Jo was an amazing wife, mom and grandmother. When she made a friend, throughout the many work moves of her husband, John, they were “forever” friends. She mostly worked as a school cook because she wanted to stay close to her children. That included working at schools in Salt Lake City, Kansas City, and School of the Magdalen and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Wichita. Preceded in death by parents, M. Morgan and Margaret (McCrea) Dorcy; husband, John A. Edwards; brothers, Michael Morgan Dorcy, Carl Dorcy and Rev. Roger P. Dorcy; sisters, Agnes Dorcy, Margaret Newcaster and Carol Dorcy; great-great-grandson, Austin Winters. Our mom was a wonderful woman and mother of five: Mary Jo Heiland (Anthony) of Wichita, Pat Ekeler of Kingman, Don Edwards (Ann) of Little Rock, AR, Joe Edwards (Anne) of Wichita and Ann Bolen (Timothy) of Gardner. She is also survived by brothers, Edward Dorcy of Phoenix, AZ, Jim Dorcy of San Diego, CA, Michael Dorcy of Seattle, WA, Tim Dorcy of Little Rock, AR, Jerome Dorcy and Clifford Dorcy both of Omaha, NE; sister, Mary Niggel of Butler, PA. She left 20 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and even 5 great-great-grandchildren. She will be missed by everyone who ever knew her. Memorials established with Guadalupe Clinic, 940 S. St. Francis, Wichita, KS 67211 and Dorcy Cancer Center, c/o St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center, 1008 Minnequa Ave., Pueblo, CO 81004. Downing Lahey Mortuary West.
Rosary, 7:00 P.M., Monday, July 26, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
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Dear Family: I have been musing these past few days on Morgan, my namesake, our father and grandfather, and great and great great and great great great to some, overly protective and solicitous to the point of embarrassment, and big bags of potatoes, and the pool and beer parlor in Exeter, and our mother, Ellen, delighted that we were going to Jo and Johnny’s where she could spend some moments with her friend and sister, though daughter of her husband, we brood of seven not understanding how our quips and witicisms were not enough to keep her socially and intellectually engaged. And then the great diaspora and we here now in Seattle, seemingly so far away, with our children, Alex nineteen and a sophomore at the University of Portland and Jennie, going on 17 and a junior at Bishop Blanchet High School, Jo’s nephew and niece, never known to each other, and with first cousins, parents and grandparents and great grandparents even (so unbelievable). And all of us, each in our own ways, with a sense of loss and grief and rejoicing in Jo’s life and her life-giving. Grateful too are we that dear and sweet Cliff and Lucy could be there in person and in our stead to represent the family of the diaspora and extend more closely our thoughts, our caring and our loving…from Seattle, Mickey, Kathleen, Alex and Jennie.
Dear Pat, Mary Jo, Don, Joe, Ann, & families; May we express our deepest sympathy in the death of Aunt Jo. She had a rare quality of leadership & profound devotion to her family & friends, which earned her love & respect of all of us who had the fortune to know her. We will sure miss her. God Bless all of you, during such sad times. Your in our hearts & in our prayers.