Monday, November 10, 2025

Obituary - Joanna Ruth McGee

Funeral services for Joanna Ruth McGee of Butler, Missouri will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri.  Visitation 5 - 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 11 at the Schowengerdt Chapel.  Burial in Independence Cemetery, Hume, Missouri.  Contributions to Butler Food Pantry.  Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Joanna Ruth McGee, age 84 of Butler, Missouri died Thursday, November 6, 2025 at St. Luke’s Plaza Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.  She was born December 10, 1940 to Joseph Rudolph and Vada Lucille Cochran Hess in Foster, Missouri.

Joanna is survived by one son, Pat Cleveland and wife Nancy of San Antonio, Texas; one daughter, Pam Skaggs and husband Allen of Butler, Missouri; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; five sisters, Jane Hettinger and significant other Skip of Amoret, Missouri, Marian Cummings and husband Ray of Amsterdam, Missouri, Marilyn Parker and significant other Jim of Milo, Missouri, Josie Hiser of Archie, Missouri and Donna Cummings of Foster, Missouri; and one brother, Jack Hess and wife Kim of Hume, Missouri.  Joanna was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Walt McGee; and one grandson, Dustin Cleveland.



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