Meese (Hanneken), Mary Joanne "Joanne"
Mary "Joanne" Meese, 97, of Beavercreek, Ohio, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 27, 2025, at West View Healthy Living Facility in Wooster, Ohio. Born on September 24, 1927, in Dayton, Ohio, to Laura "Ethel" Swadner Billing and Joseph Hanneken, Joanne graduated from Kiser High School in 1947. She later dedicated two decades of her life as a study hall monitor at Ankeney Junior High School in Beavercreek. Joanne embraced her role as a devoted mother to her four children and took great pride in tending to her flowerbeds, sewing clothes, and caring for her home in Beavercreek-a house lovingly built by her husband where she lived for 67 years. She also had a deep affection for cats. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence D. Meese; her brother, Carl Hanneken; her parents; and her stepfather, Marion D. Billing. Joanne is survived by her four children: Brenda L. Meese of Wooster, Ohio; Linda K. Merrick of Dayton, Ohio; Richard D. Meese (Cindy) of Lakeview, Ohio; and Robbin "Renee" Wilde (Clayton Wolf) of Jamestown, Ohio. Joanne's memory will be cherished by those who knew and loved her. May she rest in peace.