JoAnne Leibold (Mrs. Ray) age 81 of Ames, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames from heart disease. Visitation will be 2:00-4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way. Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, June 14, at Bethesda Lutheran Church, 1517 Northwestern in Ames. Burial will take place at the Ames Municipal Cemetery.

JoAnne was born December 27, 1928 in Keswick, Iowa, the daughter of Roy Andrew and Nellie Lorenne (Bell) Hurd. She graduated from Keswick High School in 1946. She married Ray Leibold on April 7, 1949 in Columbus, Georgia. The couple returned to Iowa and later moved to Ames where she worked at Bourne's Manufacturing until 1976. She and Ray purchased and managed the New Frontier Motel until 1978. She and Ray then owned and operated Ray's Mower Repair until retirement.

JoAnne will be remembered for being a mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She enjoyed family events, sewing, embroidery work, gardening, and going out dancing with her husband Ray.

She is survived by her husband Ray of Ames; her children: Linda Leibold of Waukee, Bonnie (Ken) Eernisse, Ronald Leibold and Bill Leibold all of Ames, and Cheryl (Edward) Mather of Boone, nine grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; sisters: Janet (Ken) Prickett of Bradford, ME and Karen Huggin of Marshall, MO; and brothers: James (Roberta) Hurd of Erie, PA, and Donny Hurd of Albion, IA.

JoAnne was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Donna Leibold; grandson Cory Walton; brothers: Russell Hurd and Roy Hurd Jr; and a sister Sharon Kay Ray.

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