JoAn Hauser, age 88, of Lincoln, formerly of North Platte, died at St. Elizabeth Ann Hospital on July 7, 2020.
JoAn was born at Anselmo to Raymond and Bessie Chrisman on March 25, 1932, and raised in a soddy near Anselmo. When she was 9 years old her dad died so the family moved to the Sandhills and that is where JoAn was responsible for bringing in the cows to be milked.
In 1947 the Chrisman family moved to Redwood City, California. JoAn graduated from Sequoia High School in 1950 then married Richard Nadler and had three children, Deborah, Rhonda and Jeff.
On April 27, 1960, JoAn married Henry Hauser in Redwood City. The family grew with the addition of his daughter, Suzanne, and their three children, Dawn, Kelley and Toby. After living in California for the next 14 years, they moved to Warsaw, Missouri then to North Platte in 1981.
JoAn was a cake decorator at Sixth Street and later Sunmart for 12 years. She enjoyed being a volunteer with R.S.V.P., the Thrift Connection and working in the Senior Center kitchen.
JoAn enjoyed sewing and crafts. She was a great wife and mother who was always giving and doing what she could for her family, others and then some.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry, and daughter, Dawn Renfrow; parents, Ray and Bessie Chrisman; brothers, Raymond ‘Bud’, Pete and Jim Chrisman; sisters, Lois Chrisman and Alene Hickman; and a granddaughter and grandson.
JoAn is survived by her children, Jeffrey (Trudi) Hauser, of Irmo, SC, Toby (Angie) Hauser, of Lincoln, Deborah (Steve) Silva, of Roseville, CA, Rhonda (Mike) Guess, of Auburn, CA, Suzanne (Phil) Ramage, of Sandy, UT, and Kelley (Mike) Dailey, of North Platte; son-in-law, Raymond Renfrow; her dog, Riley; 16 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren; as well as many other family members.
Cremation was chosen. Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13, 2020, at the Maxwell First Baptist Church. Inurnment will be at 3 p.m. in Fort McPherson National Cemetery. The memorial book may be signed online at odeanchapel.com or Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore, which is in charge of arrangements.