Joanne Marie McGarry, age 70, of Melissa, Texas, passed away July 5, 2013. Joanne was born January 5, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan, to James and Elizabeth Murphy Dewar. She will be remembered for her stories of her children and grandchildren as she was a loving mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her daughters, Barb Shankle and husband, Greg of Melissa, Texas and Jackie Luplow and husband, Jim of Houston, Texas; sons, Joe McGarry of Miami, Florida and David McGarry of Plymouth, Michigan; granddaughters, Jamie Shankle, Casey Shankle, Katrina Luplow, and Betty McGarry; grandsons, Mike McGarry, Shane Shankle, and Tim McGarry; great-grandchildren, Paige Shankle, Dylan Shankle, and D. J. McGarry; and sisters, Jacqueline Dewar of New Jersey, Pat Romiguiere of Nevada, and Jane Reynolds of Michigan.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in Frisco, Texas. The family will receive friends during a visitation from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Monday at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in Allen, Texas.