- Date Of Birth: January 20, 1933
- Date Of Death: September 23, 2020
- State: Illinois
Joan Hepner, 87, Ottawa died on Wednesday, September 23, at the Ottawa Pavilion. Joan was born on January 20, 1933, in LaSalle to John and Fannie (Franco) Taggart. She was a 1950 graduate of LaSalle-Peru Township High School. She was employed as a bookkeeper at the LaSalle National Bank and later at the Ottawa National Bank, where she retired as an Assistant Vice-President. She married Everett Hepner on Oct. 6, 1951, at St. Patrick’s Church in LaSalle. Joan was a member of the Ladies of the Moose.
Joan is survived by a daughter, Julie (Bill) Denton, of Ottawa, and one son, Jay E. (JoAnn) Hepner, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, three granddaughters: Amanda (Brett) Lockas, Amy (Chad) Gross and Malorie (Jeremiah) Hepner: 5 great-grandchildren: Jack and Brynlee Lockas, Cameron and Nora Gross, and Charlie Hepner; two sisters, Diane (Bob) Willing, of Aurora, and Mary Lynn (Jerry) Flaherty, of Winnetka, and one brother, Dan (Kathleen) Sarrett, of Winfield. She was preceded in death by her husband on July 27, 2005, and a sister, Yvonne Baker.
