JoAnn Celestina Spencer Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of JoAnn Celestina Spencer of Leavenworth, Kansas, who passed away on August 2, 2022, at the age of 70, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, Wayne E. Hofflinger and Maria Basilia Maestas Hofflinger; her sister Leola; her former spouse Major Spencer; her grandson Dalton; her husband Tom Gonterwitz, Jr.; her significant other Dan Hough; her brother-in-law Michael G. Rees; her half-brother Stephen; her grandparents, Joseph, Lucille, Louise, Celestina and Nabor; her cousins, Linda and Ron of California; her son David C. Spencer; her grandchildren, Taylor Spencer (Caden) and Bradley Spencer (Lawrence); her great grandchildren, Brentley Zinser and Hayden Spencer; her sisters, Marlene Rees-Graef and Leigh Shirley; her nephews, Brian G. Rees (Lisa) and Casey Shirley (Suzanne); her niece Tina L. Matzeder (Lee); her great-nieces, Briele of Lansing, Bailey Rees of Lansing, Karlee of Lansing and MiKenna Matzeder of Lansing; her family, Sue, Laura, Eleanor and Wayne; and her cousins, Gary and Vicki of Utah.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to KU Cancer Center.