Joanna L. Marsh, 76, of rural Wabash, Indiana, died at 6:55 am, Monday, February 29, 2016 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born January 29, 1940 in Wabash, to Hugh and Rosea (Reed) Campbell.
Joanna was a 1959 graduate of Noble High School. She married Philip C. Marsh in Wabash on July 11, 1959. She retired from Southwood High School where she was a cook and the head cook, for 20 years, and she also co-owned along with her husband, PJs Ice Cream in Greentown for 12 years. She was a member of the Emmanuel Free Will Baptist Church. Joanna enjoyed broidering and camping. She spent 10 years wintering in Fort Pierce, Florida where she was a member of a quilting group.
She is survived by her husband, Philip C. Marsh and her mother, Rosea Campbell, both of Wabash, two sons, Kenneth Marsh of Cicero, Indiana, and Gregory (Joyce) Marsh of Converse, Indiana, five grandchildren, Nathan (Whitney) Marsh of Kokomo, Indiana, Devin Marsh of Converse, Austin Marsh, Jarrett Marsh, and McKenna Marsh, all of Wabash, two great-grandchildren, Carmen Marsh of Converse, and Croix Marsh of Kokomo, and her sister, Judy Rhoades of Wabash. She was preceded in death by her father, Hugh Campbell, and two brothers, Larry Campbell and Stephen Campbell.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am Thursday, March 3, 2016 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Terry Hinds officiating. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Marion. Friends may call 4-8 pm Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Emmanuel Free Will Baptist Church Building Fund.
The memorial guest book for Joanna may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.