Wilma Joan McCready, 94, of Council Bluffs, passed away on March 24, 2022, at Bethany Lutheran Home in Council Bluffs. Funeral services were held on Friday, April 1, 2022, at the Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson. Burial was in the Macedonia Cemetery. Memorials are to the Macedonia Pioneer Trail Museum. Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson is caring for Joan and her family.
Joan was born on April 7, 1927, in Macedonia, the youngest of two children of Ralph “Cubby” and Anna Ruby (Ellerman) McCready. She grew up in Macedonia, graduated from high school, and received her Master’s Degree in Textile Clothing at Iowa State University in Ames. Joan taught Home Economics for 40 years (four years at Carson High School, then one year at Gatlinburg, Tenn. High School, returned to teach at Carson High School for another three years, then a year at Grand Junction High School, before retiring from teaching after 31 years at Missouri Valley High School.)
Joan enjoyed flowers and gardening.
Joan was preceded in death by her parents; and her brother, Thomas McCready.
Joan is survived by sister-in-law, Sue McCready of Council Bluffs; nephews, Shoan (Melinda) McCready of Macedonia, and their children, Eric, Rachel, and Kristie, Kevin McCready of Macedonia, and Brien (Ronda) McCready of Carson, and their children Jared, Kylie, and Bailey; and other relatives and friends.
