Joann Neumayer

JoAnn Neumayer (71) passed away on August 20, 2008 at her home near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, A vigil service will be held at 7:00 pm on Monday, August 25, 2008 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on 11:00 am Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the Grandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. JoAnn Deyoe Neumayer was born in Allenville, Wisconsin on Feb. 6, 1937. She was the second daughter of Joseph Roger and Vivian Ruth Deyoe, her sister Veronica (Bonnie) was born two years earlier. In 1951 the family sold their home in Wisconsin, bought a trailer, and moved to St. Regis, Montana where Joseph joined his brother Clifford and worked as a welder for Bear and Creek Construction Company. From St. Regis the families moved with the construction company to jobs in Noxon and Yaak, Montana. The school in Yaak only went to the eighth grade and the families in the valley either sent their children to Libby, Montana or Bonners Ferry. JoAnn and her parents’ chose Bonners Ferry and JoAnn boarded with Mrs. Gudbar who lived near the old St. Ann’s Catholic Church. JoAnn Deyoe and Jim Neumayer met while going to Bonners Ferry High School, a year after they graduated they were married in the old St. Ann’s Catholic Church on April 14, 1956. She served on St. Ann’s Altar Society and on the Board of the Panhandle Health Department. She worked for many years as a cook at the Rocky Mountain Academy and the Boulder Academy. JoAnn also cooked for the forest service. JoAnn was an artist and her passions in life included; painting, gardening, cooking and baking, playing cards, and her family and friends. She especially loved Christmas and began getting ready for the next years Christmas on the first shopping day after Christmas. JoAnn is survived by her husband, Jim and their children Joseph, Jeffery, Jennifer, Jerry, John, Jill and Jim Jr. and their spouses. The family included 19 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister Bonnie Sethre and her husband and their three daughters and their spouses and children. JoAnn had many cousins in the Deyoe and the Peck families including her cousins Jayne Deyoe and Charlotte Janezche. Family and friends are invited to sign JoAnn’s online guest book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, Inc.