Beaumont, Texas
Joanna LaBarbera
1940 — 2022
Joanna LaBarbera, 82, of Beaumont, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at Brookdale Champions Senior Living Community in Houston, Texas. She was born on February 13, 1940, to Phillip and Elizabeth Dattalo in Beaumont, Texas. Her birth name was Giovana. She attended South Park High School and would have graduated with the class of 1958 but chose to get married instead. She later earned her equivalent high school diploma and became an accountant/bookkeeper. Joanna loved spending time with family growing up as a child and teen, and often talked about her trips to see her Gigliotta cousins in Chicago, as well as tell stories about her trips to Galveston and visiting her Maceo...