Jolienne “Jo” Spillman, 94, Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott.
Evelyn Jolienne Hatcher was born Dec. 14, 1923, in the country near Linden, Texas. Her parents were Oscar and Bessie (Corbett) Hatcher. Their other children were Rheble, Barney, Lawrence and Carl, all of whom preceded her in death.
Jo grew up in east Texas in the area where she was born. Her parents were sharecroppers. Near the beginning of World War II, they moved to Dallas and Jo graduated from high school and worked a variety of jobs until she met her husband, Roland M. Spillman. They were married in Dallas Dec. 18, 1945.
They made their first home in Iola, and ran a small grocery store there until they sold it and Roland went to work in Kansas City for KCP&L. Jo worked as a dental assistant and homemaker. Roland eventually journeyed back to Iola, where he went to work for Sinclair Pipeline.
Jo had several children that didn’t survive. In 1961 she gave birth to her only surviving child, Mark Spillman.
In 1985 Rol retired from the pipeline and he and Jo farmed part time in the Moran area until they retired in 2005 and moved to Iola. Rol passed away in 2014. Jo had lived in Fort Scott at the Medicalodge care facility since that time.
She is survived by her son, Mark Spillman and wife Jenny and two grandchildren, Sarah and Jeff, all of rural Moran; a brother-in-law, Max Spillman, rural Moran; three sisters-in-law, Velma, Max’s wife, Ruth Gilham, Humboldt, and Janice Culbertson, Yates Center; and many nieces, nephews and good friends.
The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Moran Christian Church in Moran, with visitation beginning an hour prior to the service. Burial will follow the funeral in Fort Scott National Cemetery. Contributions in her memory are suggested to the Moran American Legion Post 385 Ladies’ Auxiliary. Notes for the family can be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.
Jo Spillman
