Obituary of Joanna Rose Pintek

Of Clio, age 83, died Thursday, May 17, 2012 at Covenant Health Care- Cooper. Mass of Christian Burial will take place 10:00 am, Monday, May 21, 2012, at the St. Mary Catholic Church in Mt. Morris. Rev. Fr. Thomas Nenneau will officiate with burial to follow in New Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 12:00 noon to 8:00 pm. On Sunday evening family, friends and parish will gather to pray the Rosary at 6:00 pm. On Monday, Joanna will be taken to church where she will lie in state from 9:30 am until time of Funeral Mass at 10:00 am. Memorial contributions may be considered to the Smile Train. Envelopes are available at the funeral home and church. Joanna was born June 28, 1928 in Flint, Michigan the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence and Dorella (Trudeau) Goldsmith. She and John Joseph Pintek were united in marriage July 8, 1950 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mt. Morris. She worked for the Clio Area Schools as an administrative secretary, retiring in 1990. Joanna was an active member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Mt. Morris, where she sang in the choir, and at weddings and funerals, with her dear friend, Marilyn Schaffer. Left to cherish her memory is son, John Christopher and wife, Diane Pintek; four daughters, Catherine and husband, Michael Ames, Lucy and husband, Timothy Libbey, Ramona Goodwin, and Rebecca and husband, Barry Rainey; twelve grandchildren, Courtney, Daniel, and Erin Pintek, Evan Ames, Timothy Jr. and wife, Aileen, Christian, and Malia Libbey, Myles and Haylie Goodwin, and Mallory, David, and Stephen Fahr; one great-grandson, Gage Ryan Libbey. She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, John.