Joanne Price

FUNERAL SERVICES : A Celebration of Joannie's Life will be held from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at the Jones-Pearson Funeral Home with a brief ceremony at 5:30 pm.INTERMENT : Riverside Cemetery in Osage, MN.SURVIVORS : Her husband, Greg of Osage, MN; twin brother, John (Linda) McCall; nephew, Jason McCall and numerous friends. JOANNIE McCALL PRICEMay 19, 1948 ~ December 31, 2010 Joannie McCall Price, age 62, of Osage, MN passed away on December 31, 2010 at the St. Joseph"s Hospital in Park Rapids, MN of glioblastoma multiforme, a brain cancer. She had been diagnosed with this disease in 2006 and outlived all expectations. Joannie was born on May 19, 1948 in Minneapolis, MN to Clyde and Fay (Andrews) McCall. She graduated from the West High School in 1966 and went on to attend the University of Minnesota and earned an Associate of Arts degree in 1970. Joannie and Greg moved to Osage, MN in 1974. After working a variety of jobs in the Park Rapids area, she obtained her real estate license in 1980. She worked for Haaland Realty, ERA Lund Realty and Coldwell Banker Clack and Dennis Realty. Joannie was a top Realtor at Coldwell Banker Clack and Dennis Realty and won numerous awards throughout her career there. Her encyclopedic knowledge of real estate and her remarkable instincts with her clients were hallmarks of her professionalism. Besides being a very successful Realtor, she loved to garden, travel and socialize with her many friends and family. She was a party planner and logistics coordinator par excellence. Joannie will also be remembered for her sun worship, love of the water and her Estee Lauder lipstick. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband and best friend of 46 years, Greg; twin brother, John (Linda) McCall; nephew, Jason McCall; as well as other relatives and numerous friends. Joannie was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Fay and niece, Julie McCall. Funeral services will be held from 4:00 pm " 7:00 pm with a brief ceremony at 5:30 pm on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at the Jones-Pearson Funeral Home in Park Rapids, MN. Interment will be held at the Riverside Cemetery in Osage, MN. **Memorials are preferred to the St. Joseph's Hospice Care.**