Mary Jo Robertson
Mary Jo Robertson
Graveside services for Mary Jo Robertson, 77, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 30, 2022 at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mary Jo passed away January 6, 2022, at West Vue Nursing Center.
She was born July 10, 1944, at Springfield, Illinois, to Maurice Eugene Brown and Doris Ellen Bolin Brown. Before her retirement, Mary Jo had worked at West Vue Nursing Center and Invensys, where she was known as the “cake lady”; she loved baking birthday cakes for everyone at the plant. She also enjoyed knitting and crocheting baby blankets that she donated to others.
Mary Jo is survived by several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends, including special friends, the Krasuski family; and the family of her deceased long time partner, Ed Schneider, Jr.
Her parents, one daughter, Michelle Linthicum, one sister, Karen Henry, one brother, Dr. Gene Brown and long time partner, Ed Schneider, Jr., preceded her in death.
Barbara Cook
January 19, 2022 @ 8:16 pm
So sad learning of Mary Jo’s passing. We graduated High School together and I’m sure we will all miss her.
Katie Walker Black
January 22, 2022 @ 12:44 pm
I am thankful to have known Mary Jo both as a classmate and in our “old age”. I will miss her.
Mary Ridgway
February 9, 2022 @ 3:40 pm
Sad to hear of Be-Jo’s passing. I am her first cousin-once-removed. The Ridgway kin has been going to Crystal Cove Resort on Lake Norfork in Arkansas since the 1950s when it was first built. Mary Jo would talk about when she was a teenager how the last night of the multi-family vacation trip her Uncle Bill (my grandfather) would take her out in a rowboat to have a one-to-one conversation while he smoked a cigar. Sweet. In later decades Mary Jo, her cousin Cindy Ridgway, the daughter of the original owners of the resort, Jane, myself and my friend Diane still vacation there. We would reunite either at the resort or MaryJo’s house in West Plains to visit for the day. Mary Jo never held opinions back and was always feisty, but loving. She had so many terrible losses and setbacks in her life, yet kept going when most people would crumble. Whenever the car is too hot and the AC isn’t kicking in fast enough, I remember MaryJo’s “technique” and now always roll down the window first. Thank you Mary Jo for the time I had with you. It was fun and I will always remember you with love.–Mary Ridgway
Hassel and Alice Vandergriff
April 27, 2022 @ 5:56 am
We were so sorry to hear of Mary Jo’s passing. We pray God’s special comfort and blessing for her loved ones.
Linda Eades
April 27, 2022 @ 6:32 am
I went to high-school with Mary Jo, but didn’t really get to know her until later years. My husband got acquainted with Ed through our business and we spent some fun evenings with them at their home. Mary Jo was fantastic cook. She had a contagious laugh in spite of her many heartaches. Rest in peace Mary Jo. Linda Eades.
Lea Callahan Langston
April 27, 2022 @ 8:05 am
Sorry to hear about Mary Jo’s passing— from another of her ‘old’ classmates.
Melinda Rhoads (Joice)
April 27, 2022 @ 9:06 am
So sorry to hear of Mary Jo’s passing. I went to school with her daughter Michelle and Mary Jo worked with my mother Stella Collins at Invensys for years. What a sad loss, she was a wonderful lady. Melinda
Susan Barton
April 28, 2022 @ 11:49 am
What a beautiful sole. Rest in peace sweet Mary jo. Prayers for peace and comfort