JoAnn Abel

 With deepest sorrow, we share the passing of JoAnn Abel, age 95, on Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Shelbyville, Indiana. She was a beloved daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend.

 JoAnn was born on April 7, 1929, an Easter Sunday, at home in Pleasant View, Indiana, to Alex and Elsie Mae (Curry) Murnan.

 JoAnn graduated from Moral Township High School in 1947. She was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church, a fifty-plus year member of the Order of Eastern Star, Fairland chapter, and, at one time, belonged to Tri Psi Sorority, mothers of Tri Delta Sorority members.

 JoAnn’s life centered around being a farmwife, homemaker, and mother. Prior to retirement, she was a sales associate for J.C. Penney at Washington Square Mall for twelve years.

 She was very proud of her family and loved them very much. 

 Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Dianna Cummings (Steve), her grandchildren, Christa Cummings, Ryan Cummings (Monica), Courtney Eddy (Brian), Jason Abel (Erin), and Stephanie Morris (Michael). Also, her great-grandchildren, Matthew and Zoey Cummings, Claire Eddy, Sydney and Camden Abel, and Aidan, Audrey, and Adler Morris; her sister, Mary Alice Smith (Frank), her former daughter-in-law, Diane Abel, as well as several nieces and nephews; and her long-time companion, Phil Barrett.

 JoAnn was predeceased by her parents, brothers Carl and George Murnan and their wives, her former husband and father of her children, Herbert Abel, her son, Robert Abel, and great-grandchildren, Addison Cummings and Gabriel Abel.

 She was dearly loved and she will be greatly missed. She will forever and always be in our hearts.

 Mother~~the sweetest word, and she was. 

 May “flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”~~William Shakespeare

 Visitation will be from 11AM to 1PM, Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, Carmony-Ewing Chapel, 819 S. Harrison St., Shelbyville, IN.

 Funeral services will follow at 1PM, Saturday, at the funeral home.

 Interment will be at London Cemetery.

 In lieu of flowers, a remembrance in her name may be sent to Pleasant View Baptist Church, 12442 Southeastern Avenue, Indianapolis, In 46259.