Joanne Seare Raddatz departed mortality on July 11, 2021, to be joyously received by family and loved ones on the other side whom she hadn't seen for a very long time. She passed peacefully through the veil as loving children and grandchildren surrounded her bed at her home in Lindon, Utah, comforting her with beloved hymns, favorite children's songs, and time-honored traditional family songs. Joanne was 90 years young. The youngest of six children born to William Winterbourne Seare and Irene Eleanor Tuckett, Joanne was born February 2, 1931, in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the front bedroom of the family home on Edith Avenue. Her mother died when Joanne was only eight months old, and her father's mother and sister, Mae, came into the home to help raise the six children. Aunt Mae was the only mother she ever knew. Joanne grew up in Salt Lake City and attended school there, graduating South High in 1948. There she began dating the love of her life, Max Dale Raddatz, to whom she was sealed for time and eternity in the Salt Lake City temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on February 7, 1951. And so began a lifelong adventure that would lead first to Clovis, New Mexico, (where Dale was stationed for service in the US Air Force) and the birth of a son; back to Salt Lake City and the births of a daughter and four sons; to Boise, Idaho, and the birth of a daughter; to Placentia, California; and, finally, to Lindon. Joanne occasionally worked outside the home, but by far the majority of her time was spent in the home, attending to her highest-priority job of nurturing and teaching her children. Dale and Joanne loved to spend time traveling and vacationing with their family. Roughing it in sleeping bags; sleeping in a camper pulled by a station wagon; lodging in a cabin at Yellowstone; relaxing at a beach in San Felipe on California's Baja, in a custom-fit camper set on a customized Toyota pickup truck; enjoying a friend's cabin on Idaho's Snake River; cruising the Caribbean or Alaska—it was all adventure, and it was all family fun. But the family didn't have to be on the road to have fun. Joanne sparked many a board or card game at the breakfast nook table in California, and her grandchildren will forever remember the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday nights spent in sleeping bags on the cleanest garage floor in America, watching their own TV and feasting on the snacks, candy, and soda from the fridge that had been lovingly—and generously—stocked by Grandma Jo. Joanne was as talented as she was lovely. She often accompanied herself on her beloved upright piano as she sang beautiful hymns of praise, lighthearted turn-of-the-century tunes, or more recent popular pieces with a voice that could summon angels. At other times she might accompany a similarly talented son or daughter or simply enjoy playing the piano. Joanne also loved combining her voice with others and sang regularly with Church choirs for years until her health made it impossible to do so. She possessed many other creative talents as well—skills such as cooking, baking, and handiwork. Each of her grandchildren received a beautiful, handmade blanket at birth (some even got much needed replacements later on) and a crocheted afghan at high school graduation, and her great-grandchildren possess a variety of gifts crocheted by Grandma Jo. Not even failing senses or declining dexterity or any health challenge could stop her from making gifts to remind her children of every generation how much she cherished them. But while her children, grands, and great-grands held a special place in Joanne's heart, her whole heart belonged, and will always belong, to her beloved Dale. There was precious little time during her sojourn on this earth when he wasn't in her life in some way—and for 70 of her 90 years, it was as her husband. Together they dreamed more dreams, faced more challenges, overcame more obstacles, learned more lessons, enjoyed more blessings, and witnessed more miracles than many couples dare imagine. Good days and sad, happy days and bad; times of need and times of plenty, times of hope and times of despair—Joanne and Dale went into it all, together; got through it all, together; and came out of it all, together. Theirs is a bona fide love story, and these seventy years were only its beginning. Joanne was a faithful lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served in many callings and fulfilled numerous assignments throughout her life, including service in the presidencies of the Young Women, Relief Society, and Primary organizations. She and Dale faithfully completed six missionary assignments for the Church—three at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City and three at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah—over a period of about fifteen years. But Joanne's faith and religion weren't reserved for the church house only, and she needed no assignment to do good. On the contrary, her life exemplified the teachings of Jesus Christ, without hypocrisy. Because she loved Him, she likewise loved and served as she knew He would do—and it was this attitude of love and service that drew others to her like steel to magnet. It took only moments for a complete stranger to feel at ease with Joanne—and in mere minutes more, that stranger was family. And, alongside her beloved Dale, she taught her children the principles of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in their home with love, patience, and unfailing consistency. Among her greatest joys was the knowledge that each of her sons served an honorable full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and that all of her sons and daughters were sealed to their spouses in the House of the Lord. And she departed this life knowing that all are standing faithful and strong, just as she taught them to do, and just as she hoped and prayed they would. Joanne is survived by her loving and beloved Dale; her children James (Sue), Dianne (Kevin) Morris, Jeffrey (Linda), Mark (Carie), Michael (Mary), Douglas (Danielle), and Joni (Russell) Rooney; 29 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, two sisters, and one grandson. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 26, 2021, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 56 E 600 N, Lindon UT. Friends and family will be received for viewing prior to the services, from10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. In lieu of flowers, Joanne requested that donations be made to education programs and services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Interment at the Lindon City Cemetery (600 N 200 E) will follow the funeral services.