Marie Joann Stanley

     Marie Joann Stanley, the daughter of James and Fern (Fuller) Harrison was born on July 14, 1952, in Spring Lake, MN. She was raised and attended school there. Following high school she worked in several places in the Minneapolis area.

     In 1988 she moved to Spencer and worked for A&M Laundry. In 1998 she moved back to Minneapolis where she worked for Hormel Foods for 22 years, retiring in 2018.

     She moved to Arizona for a couple of years to be near her son, Donald and his family. She then moved to Spencer to be near Cheryl and her family. She enjoyed shopping and loved to spend time with her family especially her grandkids.

     She passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at the Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg, surrounded by her family. She was 71. She was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Tina Marie Stanley; her sister, Alice Countryman and her husband, John and her brother Thomas Harrison.

     Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Cheryl Hesebeck and her husband, Eric of Spencer, IA; her son, Donald Stanley, Jr. and (Christina Dale) of Morris, MN; her grandchildren: Joshua, Brooke, Justin, Brianna, Samantha, Rheis, Hugh, Peyton, Makennah and Jayce; her great grandchildren: Keeley, Cora, Leo, Levi, Micah and Addie; other relatives and friends.