Joanna Joyce Girod, age 3 years old, of Allensville, Indiana, entered this life on September 13, 2016 at their home in Allensville, Indiana. She was raised in Allensville, Indiana and was the loving daughter of, Samuel D. and Polly L. (Bontrager) Girod. Joanna was a member of the Hope Baptist Church in Dillsboro, Indiana. Joanna enjoyed playing outside, listening to nursery and Sunday school songs, going to church, sitting in her chair coloring and playing with her siblings. Joanna went to be with her Lord and Savior at 12:01 p.m, Friday, December 27, 2019 at her residence.
Joanna will be missed by her heartbroken parents, Samuel D. and Polly L. (Bontrager) Girod of Allensville, Indiana; her siblings, Rebecca Rose Girod, Malachi August Girod, Loretta Lovina Girod, Jethro George Girod and Deborah Dawn Girod all of Allensville, Indiana; her paternal-grandparents, Daniel and Miriam Girod of Pleasant, Indiana; her maternal-grandparents, Leroy and Katie Bontrager of Minnesota; her paternal-great-grandparents, August Girod of Owensville, Kentucky and Salome Eicher of Reading, Michigan; her maternal-great-grandmother, Esther Bontrager of Lagrange, Indiana and her numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her paternal-great-grandparents, Elnora Girod and Jacob Eicher and her maternal-great-grandparents, Joe Bontrager, David and Polly Borntrager.
Friends may call 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Monday, December 30, 2019, at the Hope Baptist Church, 15593 US-50 Dillsboro, Indiana 47018.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., by Pastor Tom Holt, at the Hope Baptist Church, 15593 US-50 Dillsboro, Indiana 47018.
Interment will follow in the Lee Cemetery, on Nell Lee Road, Fairview, Indiana.
Memorial contributions may be made to Joanna Joyce Girod Memorial Fund c/o Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home. Cards are available at the funeral home or online at www.haskellandmorrison.com