JoAnn Gillespie

January 30, 1946 - November 5, 2015

JoAnn Bellows Gillespie January 30, 1946 –November 5, 2015 JoAnn Bellows Gillespie was born in Fort Worth, Texas January 30, 1946 to Lynn J. and NaDean Davis Bellows. She peacefully passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015 in her home in Provo, Utah after a long battle with Dementia. JoAnn graduated from Orem High School in 1964 and Brigham Young University in 1966. She married her high school sweetheart, Paul A. Gillespie in the Salt Lake Temple on April 4, 1968. She was a devoted wife, mother of 8 children, and grandmother of 25. JoAnn was known for her radiant smile and impacted the lives of hundreds of people she came in contact with. JoAnn was an extremely hard worker. She was employed at grocery stores, insurance companies, Brigham Young University, and credit unions. She was a manager at Utah Community Credit Union for ten years. Her work included several church callings, building homes with her husband, and raising her 8 children in the gospel. She had a great passion for working with the youth in the church, in young women, in the Missionary Training Center, and at the Provo Canyon School. As a mother she taught her children the importance of working hard, playing hard, and living the gospel. Her sense of humor provided happiness, joy, and balance in the home. One of the highlights in her early life was the opportunity to serve at the Hill Cumorah Pageant in New York State. Later in life she loved to travel with her family or her husband to any place that was warm. JoAnn is survived by her devoted husband, Paul A. Gillespie, her father Lynn J. Bellows, her eight children Kimberly (Brad) Anderson, Stephanie (Andrew) Horton, LauraLee Gillespie, Kelly Gillespie, Kerri (Matthew) Larsen, Kristopher (Michelle) Gillespie, Julie (Jeffrey) LeCheminant, and Spencer (Angie) Gillespie, 25 grandchildren, and her sisters Mary Beardall, Linda Olsen, and Kris Chistensen. She is preceded in death by her mother NaDean Davis Bellows, and sister Carolyn Louder. JoAnn was greatly cared for by CNS Hospice Care, with special thanks to Heather McAllister, and Monica Boyer. She was deeply and patiently cared for by her daughter Kelly and loving husband Paul. Funeral Services for JoAnn will be held Monday, November 9th, at 11:00 am, at Edgemont 7th Ward, 555 East 3230 North, Provo, Utah, where Viewings will be held Sunday, November 8th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, and prior to services on Monday from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. Interment in Orem City Cemetery, 1520 North 800 East, Orem, Utah. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.