Joanna (Joni) Lynne Smeck, age 57, died at her home in Palmetto, Florida, Monday, April 22, 2024. She was born in Huntington, WV in 1967 and moved immediately to Athens, Ohio. Joni was a very happy-go-lucky child, always putting a smile on your face with her silliness. She adored her grandparents. In 1975 the family moved to Venice, Florida. Joni later moved with her mother and sister to Sarasota, Florida where she graduated from Riverview High School in 1985. She briefly attended Ohio State University.
Joni met, and in later years married William Twyman until he died in 2013. She has been with her love, Lon Simpson for several years now. Joni was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ralph and Dorothea Smeck; Vyron and Joyce James; her father, William Smeck; sister, Tamara Michelle Hulse and her special aunt Shirley James.
Joni is survived by her mother, Lynda (George) Tingley of Parrish; stepsons, William (Tracey) Twyman and Michael Twyman, both of New Port Richey, Florida; step-brother, Scott Tingley and her uncle Jerry (Summea) James of Campton, Kentucky.
Family and friends will gather on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at the Moose Lodge, 203 9th St Dr W, Palmetto, FL 34221, from 12:00 noon until 3:p.m.. for a Celebration of Life.
In liue of flowers the family as that memorials be made in Joni's honor to, Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
National Headquarters 6520 N. Andrews Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-2132.
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