Mary Jo Lenora McCleary Katrenick
Born: January 31, 1926, Pomona, MO
Died: June 17, 1993, West Plains, MO
Services: Saturday, June 19, 1993 - 2 p.m., Carter Funeral Home Chapel
Minister: Rev. Wayne Tooley
Pallbearers: Clifford Collins Jim Fox
John Fox Michael Martin, Jr.
Mike Gray Charles Wilson
Honorary Pallbearers: Clifford Collins, Jr. Jim Hodges Thomas Latta
Interment: Howell Memorial Park Cemetery
Mary Jo Lenora McCleary Katrenick, daughter of the late Andrew Jackson "A. J." McCleary and Bessie Belle Collins McCleary, was born January 31, 1926 in Pomona, Missouri and died June 17, 1993 at the age of 67 years, 4 months, and 16 days.
She is survived by six children, Glenda Breakbill, Halltown, Missouri, Daniel Austin "Bill" Martin, his wife Bonnie, Springfield, Missouri, Michael Robert Martin, his wife Mona, West Plains, Missouri, Marilyn Hodges, her husband Larry, West Plains, Missouri, Bessie Lou LaForge, Florida, Karen Leona Johnson, her husband Charles, Jr., Springfiled, Missouri; eleven grandchildren, Mary Bingham, Tracy Martin, April Landacre, Michael Martin, Jr., Jennifer Latta, Tammy Gray, Jim Hodges, Charles Johnson, III, Jeremy Johnson, Matalie Johnson and Andra LaForge; four step grandchildren, Rick Holm, Sandy Griffin, Leonard Holm, and Daniel Perryman; eight great-grandchildren, Steven Bingham, Whitney Holm, Lindsey Holm, Derek Griffin, Ashley Giffin, Justine Gray, Gregory Hodges and Vanessa Cline; three sister, Ruby Price, Claremaore, Oklahoma, Dorothy Harveston, her huband Harold, West Plains, Missouri, and Lena Robinson, West Plains, Missouri. she is preceded in death by her parents; one daughter Carolyn Scott; one grandchild Janice Leigh Martin; three brothers, Andrew Jackson McCleary, Jr., Jesse Dean McCleary and Johnny Chester McCleary.
She was self-employed as a painter and a seamstress. She was also an avid quilter.
She was a member of the Pentecostal Light House Church in Siloam Springs, Missouri.