Joan Mccready

Wilma Joan McCready, 94 of Council Bluffs, IA, formerly of Macedonia IA, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at Bethany Lutheran Home in Council Bluffs. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 1, 2022 at the Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson. Burial will be in the Macedonia Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home will be held one hour prior to the service. Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson is caring for Joan and her family.

Memorials: Directed to the Pioneer Trail Museum in Macedonia

OBITUARY
Wilma Joan McCready, 94 of Council Bluffs, IA, passed away on March 24, 2022 at Bethany Lutheran Home in Council Bluffs.

Joan was born on April 7, 1927 in Macedonia, the youngest of two children of Ralph "Cubby" and Anna Ruby (Ellerman) McCready. She grew up in Macedonia, graduated from high school, and received her Master's Degree in Textile Clothing at Iowa State University in Ames. Joan taught Home Economics for 40 years (4 years at Carson High School, then 1 year at Gatlinburg, TN High School, returned to teach at Carson High School for another 3 years, then a year at Grand Junction High School, before retiring from teaching after 31 years at Missouri Valley High School.

Joan enjoyed flowers and gardening.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents; and her brother Thomas McCready.
Joan is survived by sister-in-law Sue McCready of Council Bluffs; nephews, Shoan (Melinda) McCready of Macedonia, and their children, Eric, Rachel, and Kristie, Kevin McCready of Macedonia, and Brien (Ronda) McCready of Carson, IA, and their children Jared, Kylie, and Bailey; and other relatives and friends.