JoAnn R. (Rex) Lebold age 70 of Bolivar, died peacefully on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, following a lengthy illness. Born Jo-Ann Ruth Rex on June 20, 1940 in Bolivar, Ohio, she is the daughter of the late William F. Rex and Ruth O. (Lenarz) Rex. She graduated from Tusky Valley High School in 1958, and attended the former two-room Zoar Schoolhouse in Zoar, Ohio. She was once a clerk at the old Zoar Store in Zoar, and Postmistress at the Zoar Post Office. Employed in the 1960's at the former Kroger Store in New Philadelphia and as a clerk for the former Howenstine's Grocery Store in Bolivar, she also worked at Marie's Bakery in Bolivar, which was owned by her father and stepmother, Marie Carter Rex. Later, she was the manager of the Zoar Hotel Restaurant and worked as a Mary Kay Cosmetics consultant. Before becoming ill, she helped her husband, Dick, in their funeral business, Lebold Funeral Home, Bolivar, Ohio. Jo-Ann's life was one filled with music. As a child, she would sing and play piano in her father's band, 'The Rex Orchestra,' that performed at the former Old Zoar Lake Dance Hall. She was a member and Director of the former Tuscarawas Valley Sweet Adeline's, a member of the City of Flags Sweet Adeline's in Canton, Ohio, and helped found and served as the first Director of the Valley Voices of Tuscarawas County. In the 1960's, Jo-Ann founded and directed the Zoar United Church of Christ's first Youth Choir. She also played the piano and organ for several years at Zoar UCC, where she organized, sang in and played piano for the former Zoar Quartet. She served as the choir director for several area churches, including Zoar UCC, Bolivar UCC, St. Paul Ruslin Hills Church, and St. John UCC of Strasburg. She organized and was the director of the Palm Sunday Community Choirs of Lawrence Township for several years. Jo-Ann was very active in the Tusky Valley Band Boosters when her daughters were in school, and helped organize and build the first food stand and restrooms at the Tusky Valley High School football field. She was a member of the Zoar United Church of Christ, The Bolivar American Legion Woman's Auxiliary, a life member of the Zoar Community Association, and the former Pioneer Club of Zoar, which is now the Zoar Community Association. She loved playing the piano, singing, directing, and flower gardening. Her greatest love, though, was her children, and helping raise her grandchildren and great- grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her stepmother, Marie (Carter) Rex; brothers, Gene, Dean 'Bud, and Bill Rex; and a stepbrother, Lee Kyser. She is survived by her husband, Richard Lebold, to whom she was married in 1979; daughters, Lori (Jack) Feeney and Lisa Geers of Bolivar, Ohio; stepdaughter, Jennifer (Mark) Stevens of Bellville, Ohio; grandchildren, Sarah Tausch (special friend, Andy Lewis) of Bolivar, and Claudia and Audrey Stevens of Bellville, Ohio; great-grandchildren, Gabbi, Alyssa and Landon Tausch of Bolivar; brother, David Rex and half-brother, Wayne (Carol) Rex, of Strasburg, Ohio; sisters-in-law, Emma 'Skeeter' Rex of Newton Falls, Ohio, Arlene (Don) White of Dover, Ohio, Wilma Rex of California, and Donna Kyser of Navarre; stepbrother, Albert (Pat) Kyser; and stepsisters, Sandra Cuenot and Jeanie Hummel of Massillon; and many nieces, nephews, and grand- and great-grand- nieces/nephews. Her Funeral Service is Monday at 11 a.m. in the Zoar United Church of Christ, Zoar, Ohio. There will be calling hours on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Lebold Funeral Home, Bolivar, Ohio, where there will be an American Legion Woman's Auxiliary Service at 1:30 p.m., also, calling hours on Monday at 10 a.m. to time of service at the church.