Jo Kieper

JO KATHRYN (GULLEDGE) KIEPER, 63, OF CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED FRIDAY MAY 11, 2007 AT 7:15 AM AT HER HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY MAY 16, 2007 AT 11 AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL WITH REV. JOEY DUNNING AND BROTHER BENNY WEBB OFFICIATING. VISITATION WILL BE TUESDAY FROM 5 TO 8 PM. BURIAL WILL BE IN SALEM CEMETERY IN CARIER MILLS, IL. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS OR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND MAY BE LEFT AT THE FUNERAL HOME. JO WAS BORN ON AUGUST 25, 1943 IN HARRISBURG, IL TO THE LATE WILMA (MATTHEWS) GULLEDGE AND WILLIAM “BILL” GULLEDGE WHOM SURVIVES. DURING A TRIP TO GERMANY TO VISIT HER BROTHER IN THE ARMY SHE MET ROBERT “BOB” KIEPER. THEY WERE UNITED IN MARRIAGE ON JANUARY 16, 1965. JO GRADUATED FROM THE CARRIER MILLS HIGH SCHOOL IN MAY 1961. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN CARRIER MILLS AND RECENTLY RECONFIRMED HER FAITH THROUGH BAPTISM. SHE WAS VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LIVES OF HER FAMILY AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. JO IS NOT ONLY SURVIVED BY BOB, HER HUSBAND OF 42 YEARS BUT ALSO HER FATHER: BILL GULLEDGE OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; A BROTHER: TERRY (CHERYL) GULLEDGE OF JACKSONVILLE, FL; 2 DAUGHTERS: ROBBIE JO (MIKE) FURLONG OF HARRISBURG, IL AND KELLIE JO (RANDY) HUCKELBERRY OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; GRANDCHILDREN: ASHTON LEE OF HARRISBURG, IL; ASHLY (TYLER) JOHNSON, TYLER AND KYLE HUCKELBERRY AND MAKAYA AND DALTON SUMMERS ALL OF CARRIER MILLS, IL AND 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LANDON AND RILEIGH JOHNSON OF CARRIER MILLS, IL.