Mary Jo Kidd-Thomas

Dec 28, 1945 -

Oct 17, 2026

Mary Jo Kidd-Thomas, 80, passed away peacefully on Oct. 17, 2026.

Mary Jo spent her childhood in Sitka and made Alaska her home. Teaching was her passion, and she made a lasting difference in the lives of everyone she touched. She was a gifted educator who poured her heart and soul into her family and preschool, Kidd's Early Learning Center. She will be remembered with affection by those who knew her. She had the warmest heart.

Mary Jo and her husband, Robert, shared 57 years of marriage. She is survived by Robert; four children, Julie Adriensen (Chris Adriensen), Carolyn Ivy, Christopher Thomas (Tracey Thomas) and David Thomas; five grandchildren, Celecia Ivy, Saivion Ivy, Isaac Thomas, Aislyn Thomas and Isla Thomas; great-grandson, Austin; granddaughter, Amber; and five siblings, Sylvia Kidd, Chas Kidd, Dusty Kidd, William Kidd and David Kidd.

Her legacy lives on in her family and anyone who experienced her kindness. She will be deeply missed, loved and thought of in our hearts forever.