Jo Ann Heaton, 84, died October 15, 2010 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born August 25, 1926 at Pittsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Earl S. and Ida Lucille (Switzer) Jeffries. She married James Francis Heaton May 21, 1950 at All Faiths Chapel on the campus of Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. He died October 10, 2010. She was a 1944 graduate of Argentine High School, Kansas City, Kansas, and a 1948 graduate of Kansas State University. Mrs. Heaton was a Great Bend, Kansas, resident since 1950 coming from Kansas City and Pittsburg. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women, of which she was past president. Mrs. Heaton was a Girl Scout volunteer for thirty-five years and was awarded the Thanks Badge, the highest honor given to volunteers in the Girl Scouts organization. She was a past member of the Kansas State University Alumni Association Board of Directors; past member of the Central Kansas Council of Girl Scouts board; residential drive chairman for the Great Bend United Way campaign; was past president of Chapter FS, PEO Sisterhood; and was past president of Progress Study Club. Mr. and Mrs. Heaton were recipients of the Distinguished Service Award from Barton Community College in 1995. Survivors include one son, David Heaton, Tampa, Florida; one daughter Jane Rees and husband Doug, Colorado Springs, Colorado; two grandchildren: Mindi (Rees) Salamon and husband Jon and Evan Rees and wife Megan; and two great-grandchildren: Tatum Elizabeth Salamon and Brandon Salamon. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 18, 2010 at First United Methodist Church in Great Bend with Reverend Tom Sheldon officiating. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, October 17, 2010 with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials in Mrs. Heatons name have been established with First United Methodist Church or Barton Community College Foundation, in care of the funeral home.