Joanne Rodeheaver

Joanne D. Rodeheaver, 72, of Buena Vista, GA, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at Vista Care Hospice in Columbus, GA.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, February 4, 2012, at New Providence Baptist Church with Reverend David Chapman officiating. Serving as pallbearers are Jeffrey Rodeheaver, Craig Aide, Tracy Aide, Jamie Fiscus, Chanse Hudgens, and Adam Melton. The family will receive friends on Friday, February 3, 2012,from 6-8 PM.

Mrs. Rodeheaver was born February 21, 1939, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to James Sr., and Francis Plaznik Thelen. She was Catholic by faith and a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Delbert C. Rodeheaver, and a brother, James Thelen, Jr.

She is survived by three sons, Jim and Barbara Rodeheaver, Joe and Lisa Rodeheaver, all of Buena Vista, and by Greg Rodeheaver of Atlanta; by four daughters, Doris Pierce of Tarpon Springs, FL, Mary and Rusty Aide, Ann and Dennis Melton and Barbara Cook, all of Buena Vista; and by a sister, Jeannie & John Olinger of Ellehorn, Wisconsin. 16 Grandchildren, 30 Great-Grandchildren also survive.

Watson-Tante Funeral Home in Buena Vista, GA, is in charge of arrangements.