JoAnn Steele Barthelme
May 10, 1929 ~ December 29, 2016
JoAnn Steele Barthelme,87, of Hollywood, MD departed this life on December 29, 2016 after 87 years. JoAnn Was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on May 10, 1929, the fourth of five children of her now deceased parents Frank and Agnes (Webkes) Steele.
She received her formative education from Annunciation Academy and Pine Bluff High School.
After graduation from high school, she entered the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky where she began the first half of her teaching career. The second half of her teaching career was shared by her deceased husband of 35 years, Albert L. Barthelme a well-known local sports coach and announcer.
She will be remembered by the Barthelme family, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her three sisters Mary Virginia Dellinger, Betty Jane Wall, and Rose Agnes Funk, and her brother Frank A. Steele, Jr.
The family will receive friends on January 6, 2017 from 9:30 Am – 10:30 Am in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leonardtown, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, January 6, 2017 at 11:00 AM in Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church Chaptico, MD with Father Charles Gallagher officiating. Interment will follow in Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery Helen, MD.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Sisters of Charity of Nazareth 134 Main Street Nazareth, KY 40048.
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Joanne was very musically inclined. She could pull out notes in you that you didn’t think that you could. Sorry for your loss. May she be resting in peace.
You was a very sweet lady that will be greatly miss and we are very blessed to had you in our lives Love Always Betty Jo and Jennifer Lambert(Oliver)
Dr. Bathelme welcomed us when we first arrived to St. Mary’s County in her office at White Marsh Elementary School. Her warm and personal greetings made the entire family feel at home from day one. During their time in her school, the children learned to love to read, to walk “like a bear” down corridors to celebrate their achievements and to generally understand that we live in a society of neighbors and loving adults as sincere as that of TV’s “Mr. Rogers.” Thank you, Dr. “Jo,” you and yours remain in our prayers.
Sorry for your loss. May she be resting in peace.
Our thoughts and prayers for a friend and colleague.
Our “Deepest Sympathy” to all family members. We will keep her in our prayers. Jo Ann, will be remembered for her dedication and hard work at all time. May she rest in peace.
I have many fond memories of Mrs. Barthelme from my White Marsh days. She was tough but compassionate.
Please accept my deepest condolences on the loss of this wonderful woman.
We were so sorry to hear of your loss. Your family are in our prayers
Our sincerest sympathy to the Barthelme family, Betty Jo, Jen and all other family members and friends. We have known her since her early teaching career and we ask God to bless her now for all she did for us and for so many. We are grateful to have known her and may you all be comforted in knowing how much she loved you.
Jo Anne was my third grade teacher at Holy Angels Sacred Heart
My thoughts and prayers are with the family