Thursday, January 20, 2022
I met Joe when I joined the St. Frances de Chantal Knights of Columbus Council in December, 2004. Since then we became good friends along with his beautiful wife Aggie. He became my mentor when I took over as editor of the Council Newsletter, the "Chantal Chatter" from him after being the Editor of the "Chatter" for many years. I had always said that if you looked up "Gentleman" in the dictionary, you would find his picture. He was and is respected by his fellow Brother Knights. Though mostly a quiet man, when he spoke at meetings everyone listened and held his opinion in high regard. Every time we met, he would always ask "how is your beautiful wife",when my wife Diane was not with me and to give her his regards. As stated in his Obituary, Joe was one of the Founders of the current 300 Club and served as its Chairman until he moved to Texas. It continues to this day raising many thousands of dollars for charity.
To say he will be sorely missed is an understatement.
Peter Coleman, Past Grand Knight
St. Frances de Chantal, K of C
