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Submitted: 4/30/21 • Approved: 5/13/21 • Last Updated: 5/16/21 • R414716-G414716-S3
JoAnn
Dec 4, 1934 - Aug 28, 2015
Joseph Gene
US Air Force
Vietnam
January 13, 1932 - October 19, 2012
*Obituary
Joseph Gene Ridgway, 80, of Lubbock passed away Friday, October 19, 2012 in Lubbock. He was born January 13, 2012 to Richard Weldon and Allie Mattie Hamilton Ridgway in Brownfield. He graduated in 1950 from Brownfield High School. He was a retired Air Force Veteran serving in Vietnam. Gene married Jo Ann Zant on September 4, 1953 in Brownfield. He piloted the KC 135, flew JFK and heads of staff to England and was a member of the Civil Air Patrol and Lions Club.
Gene is survived by his wife Jo Ann of Lubbock; a son, Danny Ridgway and wife Ursula of Lubbock; a daughter, Lynna McFarland and husband Dan of Highland Village; 4 grandchildren, Johnathan McFarland and wife Gina, Shawn McFarlin, Ellen Davis and Ginger Young; 4 great grandchildren; a brother, Richard Ridgway.
Published October 21, 2012 by Brownfield Funeral Home
*Obituary
Services for JoAnn Ridgway will be held 2pm Monday, August 31, 2015 at Brownfield Funeral Home Chapel with Chris Seaton officiating.
Visitation will be held from 4-6pm Sunday at Brownfield Funeral Home.
JoAnn died Friday night at the age of 80 at her home in Lubbock from advanced kidney disease. She was born on December 4, 1934 in Lamesa, Texas and was the daughter of Robert Clifford and Lucille Zant. JoAnn was married to Air Force Lt. Colonel Joseph Gene Ridgway on September 4, 1953. He preceded her in death on October 19, 2012. She actively supported her husband’s military career with volunteer work; she was a dental assistant for over twenty years, a civil air patrol commander and licensed pilot. JoAnn was also active in the Lion’s Club and in her later years managed the business of affairs of her parent’s Zant Family Farm in Brownfield. Her hobbies included crocheting, sewing, cooking and collecting western art.
JoAnn is survived by her son, Danny Ridgway and wife Ursula; a daughter, Lynna McFarland and husband Dan; 4 grandchildren, Jonathan McFarland and wife Gina, Shawn McFarland, Ellen Timiem and husband Jaime and Ginger Young and 4 great grandchildren.
Published by Brownfield Funeral Home on August 29, 2015
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