From Suffield farm to Miami Herald

There's a brief obituary in the Beacon Journal about Josephine Werne. But a longer one in the Miami Herald, where under the byline of "Jo Werne" the 1962 Kent State graduate covered home decor for

that newspaper for most of her 38-year career there.

JoAnne Werne, 69, grew up on a 40-acre Suffield farm owned by her parents, Joseph and Jeannette Werne, along with her five siblings.


She spent a year traveling in South America on a Knight Newspapers scholarship after her KSU graduation. Then she began her Miami Herald career.

Click on the headline for JoAnne's extensive Miami Herald obituary.