Jackson County assistant prosecutor with passion for helping others dies of COVID-19 Anna Spoerre, The Kansas City Star
Jan. 3 A member of the Jackson County Prosecutor s Office has died from the coronavirus.
Assistant prosecutor JoEllen Engelbart died Saturday, said Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker. She was 32 years old. Jo valiantly fought Covid but lost that battle today, Baker tweeted Saturday evening. Jo was a lovely person. She was joyful, smart, so kind, happy without appearing to try and always volunteering. If you knew her, you would love her like I do.
Engelbart, pregnant with her first child, was admitted into the hospital on Dec. 23, her aunt Mary Rupert wrote in a column in the Wyandotte Daily. Engelbart s son was delivered prematurely on Dec. 29.