Ida Steinert

Joanne was born April 8th, 1926, in Roswell, NM, to Richard and Martha Swisher. God called her home on Sept. 27th, 2016.

She graduated from Roswell High School & attended college at Valparaiso University achieving her Medical Tech degree. She married Earl Steinert on April 29th, 1950 in Roswell, NM. They had four children.

She & Earl moved to Hobbs in 1973. She worked at Norte Vista in the Lab for 22-yrs. Joanne loved spending time with her kids but especially her grandchildren. She also loved reading, being a part of the Red Hat Society, R-V-ing and the LWML ladies group at Grace Lutheran Church. She enjoyed cooking/baking and made a 'mean' salsa.

She was blessed with four granddaughters, Jessica (Patton) Olivo, Amy (Carden) Pittman, Allison (Patton) Schwartz and Leah (Carden) Zenger. She and Earl were also blessed with seventeen great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, her husband, one granddaughter (Leah) and one great-granddaughter (Cathryn Hope Pittman). She is survived by her son, Mark (Carrellyn) Steinert - Hobbs, daughter, Marsha Carden - Harvest, Alabama, son, David Steinert - Las Cruces, and daughter, Susan (Jay) Patton - Hobbs, granddaughters Jessica (Daniel) Olivo, Amy (Robert) Pittman, Allison (Andrew) Schwartz and sixteen great-grandchildren.