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Joni Kay (Adams) Currier

August 3, 1962 — July 20, 2024

Iowa City

Joni Kay (Adams) Currier, 61, of Iowa City passed away from this life on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. She has been cremated and a celebration of her life will be held on October 4, 2024, from 4 - 7 PM, at Shakespeare’s Bar in Iowa City. The Beatty Peterseim Funeral Home is assisting the family. Memorial donations can be given in her memory to an animal shelter or humane society of your choosing in her memory. 

Joni Kay Adams was born August 3, 1962, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Richard D. and Judith Rae (Dawson) Adams. She graduated from Mid-Prairie High School. Joni married Steven M. Cole in 1983 and they had three children, Bethany Elaine, Nathan Robert, and Samantha Judith. They later divorced. Joni held many jobs that she cherished at Chatum Oaks in Iowa City, Red Lobster in Coralville, and at the Iowa City School District. She met many wonderful coworkers (now family) during her life that came along with her positions. Joni married the man she loved and cherished, Everett Currier in August 2018, and together they lived in Shueyville for several years before moving to Iowa City. Joni cherished her moments with her grandkids, Lillian Hahn, Luca Hahn, and Robert Cole. She would never pass up a moment to be a grandma. 

Joni is survived by her loving husband, Everett Currier, her doggie sidekicks, Rosco and Ojo, her children, Bethany (Solomon) Hahn of West Branch, Iowa, Nathan (Michaela) Cole of Iowa City, Iowa, and Samantha (Matthew) Kraegenbrink of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, along with her brother Steve Adams of Davenport, her sister-in-law, Margaret Adams, her very best friend, Rosemary Cashman of Cedar Rapids and her cherished grandkids, Lillian Hahn, Luca Hahn, and Robert Cole. 

Joni was preceded in death by her mother, Judith Rae Adams, her father, Richard Adams, and her brother Richard Adams, Jr.

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Friday, October 4, 2024

4:00 - 7:00 pm (Central time)

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