Joanne was born September 26, 1945 in Butler, MO, a daughter of Theodore Ray and Opal Jeraldine (Sigler) Griffith. Her first nine years, she was raised on a farm west of Archie, MO, and in 1954 her family moved to Harrisonville. She was a 1963 graduate of Harrisonville High School. On February 14, 1967, JoAnne was united in marriage to Errol F. Durbin in the Christian Church in Enid, OK. To this union, they had one daughter, Brenda Michelle.
Joanne was a charter member of the Church on the Rock in Harrisonville. The one thing that was most important to Joanne was her faith and love for the Lord. It was her faith that sustained her since the time she was 21. She poured her time into her daughter, and granddaughter and great-grandchildren, creating special memories and traditions, but of the utmost important, a strong faith in the Lord.
Joanne was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Evelyn. She is survived by her husband, Errol Durbin; daughter, Brenda Cox and her husband, Craig; granddaughter, Brooke Winfrey and her husband, Andrew; 5 grandchildren, her pride and joy, Emma, Parker, Grant, Hudson, and Beckham; and one sister, Dorothy Minick.
