She was born in Coffeyville, Kansas on March 30, 1925 to the late, Joe and Ruth Maritt. She graduated high school in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, attended business College there and worked in Seminole, Oklahoma, for Cities Service Company.
Jeanne married Joe Freeman in Seminole, upon his return from the United States Navy after World War II. They lived in Wyoming most of their working life, retiring to Pineville, Missouri in 1984 where she was a member of the Pineville Methodist Church. She enjoyed playing bridge, traveling and making quilts.
After her husband’s death, she married Orrell Curtis in 2005, who also died. Jeanne joined her daughter in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida in 2011.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Joe; and second husband, Orrell.
Jeanne is survived by her daughter, Jan Coren of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; son, John Freeman (Carol) of Tulsa, Oklahoma; two granddaughters; two sisters, Sue Tidwell of Pineville, Missouri, Jo Pearcy of Anderson, Missouri; as well as a host of other family and friends who will dearly miss her.
After cremation, her ashes were requested to be strewn with husband of over 50 years in Pineville, Missouri. Plans for a memorial service are pending.
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