JoeAnn Case, age 79, of Oral, SD, passed away on October 16, 2016, at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer, SD.

JoeAnn was born in Harlan County, KY. The family moved to Michigan in the mid to late forties for work and settled in the suburbs of Detroit. JoeAnn was married at 18 and had two wonderful daughters, Brenda and Linda. Her husband died while the girls were small and she moved back in with her parents. She worked as a waitress to support the girls. JoeAnn then remarried in the early 60's and had two wonderful sons, Vincent and Edwin. Shortly after her divorce in the early 80's from her second husband she met and fell in love with Richard Case, Sr. and that began her journey west.

Richard and JoeAnn were married on May 16, 1987, and helped raise Richard's two children, Veronica and Butch. They moved from Michigan in the early nineties to Hermosa, SD. While visiting JoeAnn's oldest daughter, Brenda and her son- in law Mike, whom they were supposed to stay for only two weeks with but ended up staying for 3 weeks because she fell in love with the area, Brenda asked her and Richard to come and live with her. So they went back home, packed all their belongings and relocated to South Dakota at 57 years old. Here she flourished and loved the horses and the land. They moved to Buffalo Gap and bought a horse named Rhine Stone and nicknamed her stormy. They joined West River Arabian Horse Club and settled in Oral, SD.

She is survived by her husband, Richard Case, Sr. of Oral; sons, Edwin (Sheri) LaPlaunt of Lincoln Park, MI; Vincent Joseph (Phyllis) LaPlaunt of North Port, FL; step sons, Richard Allen (Penny ) Case Jr. of Pt. Huron, MI; daughters, Brenda Sue (Michael) Brown of Oral, SD; Linda Carol (Russ) Ewing of Englewood, FL; step daughter, Veronica Josephine (Marty) Bredgo of Pt. Huron, MI; brothers, Douglas Wilburn Bowlin of Sterling Heights, MI; Glennis Allen Bowlin of Sterling Heights, MI; Roger Dale Bowlin of Sterling Heights, MI; fourteen grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 20, 2016, at Chamberlain McColley's Funeral Home in Hot Springs with Pastor Matt Lim officiating. A visitation will be held one hour prior to services. A family viewing will be held at 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.; Public viewing will be held at 9:30 a.m. prior to funeral services.

Interment will be 2:30 p.m., Thursday, October 20, 2016, at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD.

In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established to offset funeral expenses.