Johanna "Jo" Overton

Johanna Overton, 81, of Cheney, passed away Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 in Spokane.

Overton was born May 1, 1935 in Queens, N.Y. to August and Stephania Brendecke, young immigrants from Germany and Hungary, who later purchased a farm house in the Catskill Mountains and became longtime residents of Windham, N.Y.

She was a 1953 graduate of Windham Ashland Jewett Central School and graduated with a nursing degree in 1956 from the University of Rochester. She then married a young teacher, David Berg Overton, on Nov. 23, 1963 in New York City.

As well as being a wife and mother of three, Jo applied her p...