LOUDONVILLE: Joann Marlene Utterback passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the age of 88 in OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital.
Joann was born on April 17, 1936, the middle of five children, to parents Irvin and Hazel (Minard) Mumper in Loudonville, Ohio. She graduated from Loudonville High School with the class of 1954 and, a few years later, married Kenneth W. Utterback on February 11, 1956. The pair were married for 69 years, raised three children together, and celebrated living a wonderful life together.
After high school, Joann was ready to pursue a career as a flight attendant until she was seriously injured in a car accident, from which she was not supposed to survive. After a full recovery, not without its challenges, she began working at the Ohio Theater in Loudonville. At the time, her father Irvin owned and operated the theater, and Joann helped book movies, run the projector, and do everything else essential to running the business.
As Joann and Kenny's family c

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