Josephine (Jo) died November 15, 2021 at Brookdale Senior Living Solutions in Staunton, VA, near her daughter where she had lived for three years. She was born September 27, 1924, in Person County, NC, to Mattie Eva Young and Joe L. Buchanan.

She graduated at 16 from Oxford High School (NC) and left the family farm for Greensboro, NC, where she graduated from Kings Business School. Jo met her future husband, Henry Tim Curtis, a soldier from Kansas stationed near Greensboro, at a luncheon arranged by her landlady. In 1945, she became a war bride when they married. After the war they settled in Tim's hometown, Kansas City, KS, where they shared 59 years of marriage.

Jo always enjoyed life and new adventures including traveling, especially to visit her North Carolina family. She and Tim wintered in Port Aransas TX after retirement. She enjoyed doing handwork, quilting, crocheting and also did china painting. She was an active member of Welborn Community Church in Kansas City, KS, serving as a deaconess, participating in the women's Cereus Circle, and taking on various leadership roles. She joined the senior bowling league at Ranch West and continued to bowl until she was 90. She was a member of the Golden Age Senior Club at Victory Hills Baptist Church, a member of an on-going card club and a women's Bible study.

She first worked in the credit department of VanStory Clothing Company in Greensboro, then after her children were in school she was employed at Montgomery Wards in Kansas City, New Holland Machine Company (KC), and retired from the General Electric Company (KC) in 1985.

She is survived by two children: Susan (Rev. Jeff) Allen and Leslie (Gerry) Curtis; five grandchildren: Eric (Rachel) Allen, Joel (Jill) Allen, Emily (David) Gresock, Jill (Kevin) Diggs, Ben (Tiffany) Curtis; 10 great-grandchildren: Jacqueline, Timothy, and Todd Allen, Paul and Kate Gresock, Lena, Jessa,and Vera Allen, Ruby Curtis, Hunter Diggs; one great-great grandson, Theodore Childress.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m., at Verona United Methodist Church, officiated by the Revs. Bob Weeks and Jeff Allen. A graveside service will be held at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Kansas City KS, officiated by Rev. Jeff Allen.

Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory, 230 Frontier Drive in Staunton is in charge of her arrangements.

Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.coffmanfuneralhome.net