M. Joanne (McElliott) Drahozal, 77, of Cedar Rapids, died of a heart attack Friday evening, May 23, 2014 at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Funeral Mass: 10:00 A.M. Saturday at Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church with Rev. Christopher Podhajsky presiding. Burial will follow in Saint John's Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 P.M. Friday at Papich-Kuba Funeral Home East, 1228 2nd Street S.E. where a rosary begins at 7:30 P.M.

M. Joanne Drahozal was born September 18, 1936 in Independence to James A. and Colette (O'Neill) McElliott. She had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1954. Joanne married Jerry A. Drahozal on June 25, 1960 at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Ryan. She was a retired Registered Nurse from the office of T.E. Stark M.D.

Joanne was a 1954 graduate of Saint Patrick's Catholic School in Ryan and a 1957 graduate of the Mount Mercy College Department of Nursing. She was also a licensed insurance agent and very active in activities at Saint Wenceslaus Church.

Joanne is survived by her husband of 63 years, Jerry; sons, Tim of Bensenville, Illinois and Tom (Dianne) of Chicago; siblings, Janet (George) Howes, Shawnee, Kansas, Judy (Jerry) Flanagan, Cedar Rapids, Jeanine (John) Reilly, Ankeny, Jayne (Gary) Schuster, Dubuque, Patrick (Cindy) McElliott, Cedar Rapids, and Mike (Diane) McElliott, Ryan.

She was preceded in death by her parents, infant brother, Richard, infant sister, Patricia, sister-in-law, Diane McElliott, parents-in-law, Wencil and Olga A. Drahozal; brothers-in-law, Wesley J. and Olga Drahozal and Stanley and Barbara Drahozal.

Memorial contributions may be given to Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church and the American Heart Association.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.papich-kubafs.com under "obituaries"