Age 87, Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Memorial service will be 2:00 PM Saturday at Lawton Heights United Methodist Church with Rev. Charles W. King, pastor officiating. Jo died Saturday, Nov.10, 2007 at Sanford Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, SD. A private inurnment will be held at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. Jo was born in Pocasset, OK on Feb. 12, 1920. She graduated from Pocasset High School in 1937. She attended Oklahoma College for Women receiving her BA degree in 1941. Her first teaching job was in Calvin, OK. After a year, she began teaching at Lawton High School. She met her husband, Ray Uhland, at a USO dance in Lawton in 1944. They were married in May 1944. Ray was sent to Europe in 1945. Jo joined him in Germany in 1946. The army moved them many places but Lawton was always home. Ray passed away in 1973. Jo was a career employee of Lawton Public Schools with most of her career as a literature teacher and librarian at LHS. She retired in 1985. Jo stayed active in many community groups including Cameron Campus Ministries and serving as president of Friends of the Library and the local chapter of AARP. She was a long time member of Lawton Heights United Methodist Church where she was active in the choir and various committees over the years. Jo moved to Sioux Falls in 2003. She was a resident of the Inn on Westport where she was active in the welcoming committee, chapel choir and weekly bridge group. Jo is survived by her daughter, Janet George and son-in-law Paul Licht, of Sioux Falls, SD; son Don and daughter-in-law Laurette Jonassen of Denver, CO; son David and daughter-in-law Christy of Matthews, NC and grandchildren Sarah, Mike, Katie and Nick Uhland and Cristen Jonassen. Donations in Jo's memory can be made to the Memorial Fund, Lawton Heights United Methodist Church; PO Box 2876, Lawton, OK 73502-2876.