Jo Ann Markowitz, a Denver native and former teacher at Hillel Academy, passed away Oct. 14, 2012, in Denver.
Rabbis Steven Foster and Joe Black and Cantor Regina Heit officiated at the Oct. 18 service at Temple Emanuel. Interment followed at Emanuel Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Jo Goldsmith was born Aug. 20, 1955, in Denver. She graduated George Washington High School and Mesa College.
She married Kenneth Markowitz on Nov. 5, 1978.
Mrs. Markowitz taught at Hillel Academy and the BMH-BJ preschool.
She belonged to Hadassah and the Temple Emanuel Sisterhood.
Mrs. Markowitz is survived by her husband Kenneth Markowitz; mother Bernice (the late Fred) Goldsmith; daughters Kelley Rea Markowitz and Erin Markowitz; and sister Judy Goldsmith-Raizen.
Contributions may be made to Temple Emanuel or the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
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