Joan Ballod

Joan Ballod, 84, of Spokane, Wash., formerly of Coulee Dam, Wash., died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Brookdale/Harbor Crest Center in Spokane. Born April 10, 1930, in New Glarus, Wis., she is predeceased by her husband, Harry Richard Ballod (1978) of Coulee Dam.

Joan was a homemaker, with a love of being active in the sun, the snow and on the dance floor while living in Coulee Dam, and Spokane.

Survivors include her two sons and daughter: Jeffrey (Candace) of Chelan, Wash.; Steven of Spokane, Wash.; and Nancy (Dwight) Hughes of Atlanta, Ga.; and her two granddaughters McKenzie Ballod of Seattle, and Jordan Hughes of Atlanta.

Joan will be reunited with her husband Harry, in a small burial service on Thursday, May 21, at 3 p.m., at Spring Canyon Cemetery in Grand Coulee, Wash.