Joan Warbritton, formerly of Tarkio, Missouri, passed away at University of Missouri-Columbia Hospital on October 11, 2026, at the age of 85. She had been residing in Rolla, Missouri, with her daughter since 2020.

Joan was born in Prussia on November 14, 1941, to her parents, Reinhold and Helena Rotter. She was the youngest of four children whom are all deceased.

Her birth name was Waldtraud Elfriede Rotter, but she was better known to all as Joan. She married Robert Hensley, now deceased, in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1962. They divorced in 1979. She then married Jim Warbritton in 1989 and they resided in Tarkio together until his passing in 2017. During her time in Tarkio, she was employed at Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Missouri, Atchison County Health Center in Tarkio, and Shenandoah Medical Center in Shenandoah, Iowa. She enjoyed square dancing, yard work, camping, and her dogs and cats. While she lived in Germany, she enjoyed traveling Europe, spending lots of time camping in France and Spain, and attending flea markets in Paris where she got joy from auctions and antiques that she continued to enjoy throughout her life.

Joan is survived by two daughters, her oldest daughter, Manuela Gervasio (husband Lou, deceased) of Las Vegas, their sons, Salvador and Lenny, and granddaughter, Giana, all of Las Vegas; and her youngest daughter, Andrea (Lelan) Hall of Rolla, granddaughter, Shannon (Jeff) Bruns of Tarkio, great-grandchildren, Brendon (Madison) Bruns of Shenandoah, Chloe (Isaac) Heddinger of Stanberry, Missouri, and Sydnee Bruns of Tarkio, and one great-great-grandchild, Elliott Bruns of Shenandoah.

No services are scheduled at this time.