Jo Stejskal (Etha Jo DeFoor) was born to R.R. DeFoor and Pauline Sizemore in Boles, Ark., on April 11, 1936. The family moved to Springfield, Ore. in 1943. She was graduated from Springfield High School and tied for third place academically in 1955. Jo went into the Marines after attending a couple of terms at the University of Oregon and met her future husband, John David Stejskal. They were married for 20 years and had…




