A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 11:30 am at Memorial Funeral Home, with visitation beginning at 10:00am.
Joan was born in October 1938 in Perth, Western Australia. She was the daughter of Eileen and Gerard Keating.
Upon graduating from high school, Joan moved to Canberra, Australia to pursue work in the government sector. There she met her husband, Kenneth Gamble, from Earlington, Kentucky. He was in Australia pursuing a master’s degree in wildlife ecology. They married in 1964 in Australia and moved to Madison, Wisconsin. Their adventures took them to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and Austin, Texas before settling in Columbia, Missouri, where they raised their two children, Kevin Gamble, of Columbia, and Kelly Bunting, of Sneads, Florida.
Joan is survived by her sister Penelope Ann O’Leary; husband Kenneth; son Kevin; daughter Kelly; and three grandchildren. Joan’s loves in life were her family, dancing, rock and roll, walking at Stephens Lake Park, and rooting for the Dallas Cowboys.
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