Josephine Louise (Hart) Pisaruck

Josephine Louise (Hart) Pisaruck, 90, longtime resident of Hot Springs, and currently of Ellicott City, Md., passed away Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. She was predeceased by her husband, Col William (Bill) Pisaruck. She was born in Little Rock, Ark. to Louis and Josephine Gilmore Hart. After graduating from St. Scholastica High School in Ft. Smith and completing nurses training at St. Vincent's Infirmary in Little Rock, Jo flew with American Airlines as a stewardess for a year before joining the Navy Nurse Corp to be a flight nurse evacuating Korean casualties from Japan to San Francisco. It was during this time she met her husband, Bill, a pilot in the Air Force. Jo retired from the Navy after six years to raise her three children. As an Air Force family, they lived on Midway Island, in California, Illlinois, Florida, and New York, before returning to Arkansas and Hot Springs for Bill's retirement. With the children off to college, Jo, never one to sit still, became active in the Hot Springs community and also worked as a realtor at Meyers and Associates for over 30 years. Jo served on the board of the Cancer Society, and was a charter member of the Hot Springs Lioness Club, as well as being a member of the VFW, the Retired Officers Assoc., Hot Springs and Belvedere Country Clubs. She enjoyed playing bridge and golf, and being active in both St. John's and St. Mary's Catholic Churches in Hot Springs. Visiting her family and getting everyone together for the holidays and vacations was an important part of her life. She moved to Maryland in 2008 to be near her daughter. She will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Jo is survived by her three children, Kathleen Provance of Baltimore, Md., William J. Pisaruck of San Francisco, Calif., and Michael Pisaruck of Seattle, Wash.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson as well as a sister-in-law, Mrs. Chrystal Hart of Little Rock and many nieces and nephews.