Background
Mersereau, Joanna Hayes was born on July 12, 1928 in Strawn, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Fred Elmer Hayes and Lillie May Polenz.
Mersereau, Joanna Hayes was born on July 12, 1928 in Strawn, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Fred Elmer Hayes and Lillie May Polenz.
Associate of Arts, Blackburn College, 1948; student, University Illinois, 1949-1951.
Staff artist, Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California, 1955-1964; staff artist, Riverside County Schools, 1967-1988; gallery owner, Riverside, since 1986. Vice president Watercolor West Redlands, California, 1969-1980. Artist in residence Na Bolom Studies, Institute of Science, Mexico, 1986-1987, 89.
Board of directors Riverside Art Museum, 1985-1986. Member National League American Penwomen, Riverside Writers Club (president since 1997).
Married John DeWitt Mersereau, June 11, 1950 (divorced 1974). Children: Anne Elizabeth, Juanita Louise, Guy Matthew.