White Funeral Home
400 First Street West
Independence, Iowa 50644

UPDATE

Graveside Services: 10:30 a.m. - Friday, August 11, 2023, at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Independence, Iowa.

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Independence – Barbara Jo McInteer, 88 years old, of Chandler, Arizona, formerly of Independence, Iowa, died on Saturday, December 12, 2020, at Avenir Memory Care in Chandler.  She was born on May 19, 1932, in Iowa Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Harold Humphrey and Pearl Victoria (Tripp) Pearce.  She graduated form high school in Independence with the Class of 1950.  On November 18, 1950, she and John “Mike” Michael McInteer were married at St. John’s Chapel in Independence.  They later divorced.  Mrs. McInteer worked in the office of Rath Packing Co. in Waterloo, Iowa, for many years.  Later, she was the secretary for the Independence Area Chamber of Commerce.  She retired in 1997.  She moved to Arizona in 1999 to be near family.  She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Chandler.

Mrs. McInteer is survived by one daughter, Karen (Kim) Delaney of Mesa, Arizona, and two granddaughters, Megan ( Daniel) Mays and Shannon (Robert) Bishop, both of Mesa, and two great grandsons, Easton Bishop and Miles Mays.  She is also survived by one niece, Susan Cutshall Rigdon of Jesup, Iowa, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Ivadele “Gert” Cutshall, and one niece, Jill Cutshall Satcher.

No public services are planned at this time.  Her cremated remains will be buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery at a later date.  White Funeral Home of Independence is in charge of arrangements.  On line condolences may be left at www.White-MtHope.com.