{"id":842,"date":"2012-08-19T11:25:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T17:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=842"},"modified":"2012-08-19T11:25:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T17:25:55","slug":"joann-mae-marks","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/joann-mae-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"JoAnn Mae Marks"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-842","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"fields":{"event_title1":"","event_date1":"","start_time1":"","end_time1":"","location1":"","address1":"","city1":"","state1":"","zipcode1":"","event_title2":"","event_date2":"","start_time2":"","end_time2":"","location2":"","address2":"","city2":"","state2":"","zipcode2":"","event_title3":"","event_date3":"","start_time3":"","end_time3":"","location3":"","address3":"","city3":"","state3":"","zipcode3":"","event_title4":"","event_date4":"","start_time4":"","end_time4":"","location4":"","address4":"","city4":"","state4":"","zipcode4":"","service_status":"public","first_name":"JoAnn","middle_name":"Mae","last_name":"Marks","date_born":"8\/6\/1935","date_died":"5\/22\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>JoAnn Mae Marks, 75, of Helena, succumbed Sunday evening at the home of her son, John in Helena after a long and courageous battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>JoAnn was born the oldest child to John Patrick Howard and Mary Irene (Dolan) Howard on August 6th, 1935 in Helena, MT.<\/p>\n<p>JoAnn and Donald C. Marks were married at St. Mary\u2019s Catholic Church January 12th, 1957. JoAnn and Don moved to Long Beach, California where they started their family while he was completing his naval career. JoAnn and Don returned to Helena in 1958 and settled in Broadwater County in 1960. JoAnn was a devout Catholic with a deep and profound faith. JoAnn was involved in the Charismatic Movement and numerous other activities in the church. JoAnn was also a career homemaker, mother to nine children, grandmother to 22 grandchildren, and recently great-grandmother. Her home was always open to anyone who came, and there was always a seat at the table. JoAnn always put others ahead of herself and never wanted to be in the lime light. JoAnn was an accomplished artist, seamstress and was well-known for her crafts. JoAnn\u2019s apple pie was out of this world. <\/p>\n<p>JoAnn was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, June Molitor, and two grandchildren, Seamus and Reese Marks. JoAnn is survived by Donald, her husband of 54 years and their nine children, James (Kathy) Marks, John Marks, Denise (John) Hartman, Joe Marks, Jeff (Earla) Marks, Jerry (Brenda) Marks, Donna (Scott) Harris, Jay (Kaimy) Marks, and Jack Marks; and the many grandchildren. Also surviving are her siblings, Jack Howard, Jeff Howard, and Jim Howard; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. <\/p>\n<p>A Vigil Service will be 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 27th with a Mass of Resurrection celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 28th at St. Mary Catholic Community. Burial will follow at Resurrection Cemetery. Please join the family and friends for a luncheon immediately following the burial service at the church. Memorials in JoAnn\u2019s name are suggested to the Hospice of St. Peter\u2019s or the Cancer Treatment Center, c\/o St. Peter\u2019s Hospital, 2475 E. Broadway, Helena, 59601. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/389171_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}