JoAnne R. Pepin, 84, passed away due to natural causes on Saturday, May 27, 2017, at the Care & Comfort Home. Cremation has taken place, and the Rosary will be said at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, 2017, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Her funeral Mass will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 2, 2017, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with Father Daniel Wathen officiating. JoAnne's family has suggested memorial donations be made to the Care & Comfort Home, St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic School, or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit JoAnne's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at www.hollandbonine.com .

JoAnne was born on April 18, 1933, in Havre to Dr. Raymond C. and Anna Jo (Mack) Gallus. She was raised in Havre, attending grade school at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic School, and graduating from Havre High School in 1951. JoAnne attended Seattle University for 2 years, and then returned home to marry her childhood sweetheart Robert Pepin on February 14, 1953, in Helena. Joanne was an industrious woman, who worked at the Havre Air Force Base as a civil secretary, provided daycare for several years, and in 1975 went to work for HiLine Auto. In 1980, she went to work for Big Bud until her retirement in 1984.

JoAnne enjoyed traveling, both inside the US, to Glacier, and outside the US, to Mexico; camping; bowling (for 50 years); flower gardening; snowmobiling in West Yellowstone; watching her grandchildren as often as she could; and cooking. She was a talented pianist; and a member of St. Jude Thaddeus Church, and in her earlier years, St. Jude Altar Society.

JoAnne was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Anna Jo Gallus; her sisters, Arlyce Stansberry and Janet Boisvert; her brother Raymond E. Gallus; and her parents-in-law, Exzelia and Bernadene Pepin.

She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Robert Pepin, of Havre; her daughters, Kate (Bob) Mogstad of Helena, and Kim (Mike) Evans and Kara (Ron) Malone, all of Havre; her sons Robert J. Pepin of Missoula, Rick Pepin (Andy Doerr) of Thornton, CO, and Ray Pepin of Ogden, UT; her eleven grandchildren; her eight great-grandchildren; her sisters Donna (Bernard) Golie of Havre and Ellie (William) Solem of Chinook; her brothers John (Annie) Gallus of Butte, and Charles Gallus of Havre; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.