Jo (Webb) Sherlock, 79

Jo (Webb) Sherlock, 79, died of natural causes at the family home in Kalispell Nov. 22, 2010. She was born in Beaver, Ohio, to Doc and May Webb, and grew up in Eureka. She graduated from Lincoln County High School in Eureka and went on to get a degree in real estate. She was married to Ray Sherlock for 26 years. Jo established the Ebronix Learning Center in Boise, Idaho, where college students tutored grade school students in reading and taught speed reading. She was the first woman in sales in Montana for the Billings-based Rich Plan Co., selling freezers and frozen foods. She taught dance in Eureka and sold real estate and insurance. She was a cook and owner of several restaurants. She and Ray owned and operated The Oasis, a truck stop with a restaurant, lounge, gas station and tow service near Dolan Springs, Ariz., for 11 years. Jo and Ray moved back to Montana in 2000 to help run Whitefish Floral with their daughter, Ellen. Jo did design and bookkeeping for the business. From 2001 to 2003, Ray, Jo and Ellen ran the Crawdad Cafe at Camp Tuffit near Proctor. Jo was head cook and manager of the restaurant. Jo s hobbies included playing the organ and piano by ear, cooking, golf and playing cards. She was preceded in death by her mother, May Webb; her father, Doc Webb; and her brother, Ted Webb. She is survived by her husband, Raymond Sherlock; sons, Steve Reel of Kalispell, and Richard Sherlock of Phoenix; daughters, Ellen Barge of Newport, Ore., Kathy Longstreet of Nampa, Idaho, Cindy Martin of Las Vegas, Janis Lance of Grangeville, Idaho, and Judy Seyfert of Eagle, Idaho; sisters, Laura Sommers of Spokane, and Pal Johnson of Eureka; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and grandnieces and nephews. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, at Buffalo Hill Funeral Home. There will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place. Jo s ashes will be spread in the spring. Buffalo Hill Funeral Home is caring for the family.