Dates
On January 5, 2021, it is with heavy hearts we had to say goodbye to Jo Ann Stek who went to be with her son and husband in heaven. She passed with her daughter and cat, Panell, by her side.
She was born on May 5, 1920 to Thomas Esparza and Eva De Anda, in Wichita, Kansas. She was raised by her aunt and moved to California where she met her husband Victor O. Jensen. They had two children, Victoria and Allen. She was a certified machinist and the only woman to work with all men. She worked for General Electric Co. and owned her own cleaning and restaurant businesses. Jo Ann learned how to fly and she and Victor loved to dance and they were very good. After her divorce from Victor, she moved from California to San Angelo in 1999. She started working as a caregiver because she said there were always people that are sick and people who need help. She finally retired in 2014 at age 94.
Even though she was baptized Catholic, she attended the Cowboy Church with her daughter Vicky for many years. Because of her age, she was kept in her home for the last year, but she did make it to her 100th birthday in May. She is preceded in death by her son, Allen.
Jo Ann is survived by her daughter, Vicky Smith of San Angelo; grandchildren, Missie Jones and partner Jason of Missouri, and Alexis Jensen and partner Cody of Nevada, and Doug Jensen and wife Allison of Nevada; great-grandchildren, Ross, Lane, Lily, and Emily Jones; and great-great grandson, Jayce Jones, niece, Ethel Binyon and nephew, Wes Madsen of San Angelo, and many special nieces and nephews from California.
The family would like to give a special thanks to St. Gabriel’s Hospice for all their kindness and help, they were truly angels. Nicole, Ashley, and Miranda who were there for her since January, her night caregiver, Darlene and Maria who helped immensely we could not have made it without you.
She always said that “she never let grass grow under her feet…” and she never did.
“I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and your picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake from which I’ll never part. God has you in his arms, I have you in my heart.”
Visitation
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Harper Funeral Home
2606 Southland Boulevard
San Angelo, TX 76904