Joe was a Great Man, his gruff manner disguised a true empathy for others that alongside his Lady Claudette, Son Herb and daughter Lu Lu saved my life after I was crippled for life as a paratrooper in the Airborne Regiment.

Dozens of surgerys, meant an equal amount of hospital visits by Joe, as well as countless meals with the family- All combined to allow me to heal and survive.

Always Loved and Missed!!!!!

An HONEST man here lies at rest,
As e’er God with his image blest;
the friend of man, the friend of truth,
The friend of age, and guide of youth:
Few hearts like his, with virtue warm’d,
Few heads with knowledge so informed;
If there is another world, he lives in bliss;
If there is none, he made the best of this.
Robert Burns (1759 – 1796)