OGDENSBURG, N.Y. — Jo Ann Scoons, who was smart and motivated, died peacefully on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, at St. Joseph’s Home in Ogdensburg, New York. She was 86.

Born Oct. 2, 1939, in Albany, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Scoons and Dorothy (née Hotaling) Scoons.

“Smart and motivated,” her family wrote in a tribute, “she achieved much success in her 23 years at Blue Cross Blue Shield where she started in the accounting department and ended her career as the Director of Customer Service for the State Service Center. 

“After retiring, she continued to enjoy an active life with friends until her declining health curtailed those activities. She loved traveling, golf, bowling, shuffleboard, and playing cards.”

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Jo Ann Scoons is survived by her children, Michael Shaun Fleming (Elizabeth), Laurel-Jo (Fleming) Czajkowski (Jay), and Marshall Gage Fleming; her grandchildren, Shauna Jo Fleming, John Fleming, Ryan Fleming (Sarah), Jason Czajkowski (Adriana), Aubrey Perry (Matthew); and her five great-grandchildren. 

She is also survived by her sister, Doreen Moak, and brother, William Scoons (Ellen), as well as many nieces and nephews.

 In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Michael Gage Fleming, Thomas A. Grenier, and Robert L. Craw, as well her brother, Robert “Bobbie” Scoons.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 1, at 11 a.m. at Meyers Funeral Home at 741 Delaware Ave. in Delmar. Lunch will follow at the Slingerlands firehouse at 1520 New Scotland Road in Slingerlands.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph’s Home — at 950 Linden St., Ogdensburg, NY 13669 — “who lovingly cared for Jo Ann in the last few months of her life,” the tribute said.