Joanne Gail Mitstifer, 61 of Mansfield, Pennsylvania, died on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado.
She was born on November 28, 1945 in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania to John and Wanda (Winnie) Blackwell.
Joanne graduated from Liberty High School in Liberty, Pennsylvania in 1963. She later attended Mansfield University where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S.W. degree.
She worked for Tioga County Human Services as a social worker retiring in December of 2005. Joanne had an adventurous spirit and she enjoyed hiking, walking her dog, Tiko, traveling and exploring new places.
Survivors include her mother, Wanda Blackwell of Morris, Pennsylvania; her children, Christopher Mitstifer and his wife Candace Fruge? of Hillsboro, Oregon, Becky Stille and her husband Shawn of Hershey, Pennsylvania and Aaron Mitstifer of Mansfield, Pennsylvania; 5 grandchildren, Adrian Fruge? and Alaya Mitstifer Fruge? both of Hillsboro and Rachael, Sarah and Ashley Stille all of Hershey; her siblings, Diana Mazzullo, Robert Blackwell, Gary Blackwell, Debra Blackwell and Gregory Blackwell. She is preceded in death by her father, John Blackwell.
A memorial service to celebrate Joanne's life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2007 at the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church in Morris, Pennsylvania.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, 17th Floor, 386 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016 or www.ccfa.org or to the PSPCA Animal Shelter in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania or www.pspcawellsboro.org.