Joann W. Rahimi

Joann W. Rahimi was born on August 16, 1938 in Wichita, Kansas and passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 in Houston, Texas. She was a mother, daughter, sister, aunt, a grandmother, and a friend. She is preceded in death by her mother Jean Ward and father Guy Ward.

She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Homayoun Rahimi, her son Steve Chavez, her sister Janie Ward, her brother Chris and wife Candace Ward, her nephew Troy Ward and his children Jonathan, Collin, and Krista, her mother-in-law Forough Rahimi; brother-in-law, Ali Rahimi and his wife Fari, her sisters-in-law, Shirley Rahimi; Homa Rahimi and husband Hosein; Mitra Kiani; Maryam Solis and husband Mike.

She is also survived by her nephews and nieces; Omid and Susan Rahimi, Mitra and Scott Forsha, Semira and John Charboneau; Farshid and Stacey Rahimi; Cheryl and Rick Mowrey; Angela and Shawn Lowman, Navid Rahimi; Shanon and Shely Rahimi; Michael and Megan Solis; Brian Rahimi; Leily Kiani and Naria Kiani. Her great nephew and nieces; Skyler, Cameron, Maxine, Ethan, Ryan, Bo, Sam, Kayla, Logan, Sammy, Connor, Jake, Spencer, Ali, and Sophia. Many other family members and many friends she considered family.

Joann loved her family so much--she always loved having family gatherings, parties for every occasion. She had a love for travel and had a very creative side, but mostly she loved her husband and all “HER” kids. When told she was loved she would always reply with “I love you more!”

All Services will be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at Memorial Oaks Funeral Home.

Visitation from 10:30-12:30. Funeral Service at 12:30, followed by private entombment.