Joan R. "Joni" McElhinny

Joan R. “Joni” McElhinny, age 71, of N. Stateline Rd., W. Salem Twp., Greenville passed away peacefully on Sunday afternoon, July 13, 2025, with her husband Joseph (Joe) McElhinny by her side.

Joni was born in Warren, Ohio on June 7ᵗʰ, 1954. The youngest daughter of the late Willard (Bill) and Juanita Muir of Farmdale, Ohio. She was a 1972 graduate of Badger High School in Kinsman, Ohio. She and Joe were married at Saint Patrick’s Church of Kinsman on July 17ᵗʰ, 1982 and then built their family home in Greenville (West Salem Twp.) Pennsylvania.

Joni was the best part of the day for anyone she met, from her token smile, mischievous sense of humor, loving personality and her genuine compassion touched anyone that crossed her path.

Her compassionate spirit flowed over into her love for animals as well, from her younger years as a girl living on a farm up to recently with her love for her dog ‘Kitty’ and just making sure the bird feeders were full so she could watch them.

An unbelievably devoted family woman, there were no lengths that she wouldn’t go to for her loved ones.

Her favorite and most prized things in the whole world were her family, especially her grand and great grandchildren. The grand and great-grands knew her affectionately as “Meem,” the name that her grandson Easton gave her in his early childhood.

She is survived by her husband Joseph (Joe) McElhinny; three children: Jarred (Regina) Mitchell of Warren, Ohio; Julie (Zack) Krasa of Transfer, PA; and Janie McElhinny of Erie, PA; five grandchildren: Jaqualine and Ciera Mitchell and Easton, Brooke, and Kira Krasa; three great-grandchildren: Anthony Mitchell, Phoenix Mitchell-Bohr, and Lily Mitchell and two “granddogs,” Ruger and Benny; and two sisters, Cheryl Thompson (Canfield, OH) and Patti (Wayne) Rodgers (Masury, OH)

She was preceded in death by her parents Willard (Bill) and Juanita Muir and a sister Linda Muir.

Services:

A Celebration of Joni’s Life will be held at a later date for family and friends.

Online visitors are welcome to sign the guest book at www.loutzenhiserfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Loutzenhiser-Jordan Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 366-368 S. Main St. Greenville.