On March 1st 2016, the world lost a great father, sun, grandson, brother, and friend. As many of you know, Joe lost his long fought battle with cancer. He put up a hell of a fight for several years but finally succumbed to this evil. It never gets any easier to bury your friends and it’s hard to believe that Joe’s 33 short years on this planet were more than others would get. Joe was born April 21st 1982 and I was lucky to call him a great friend of mine. We shared thousands of great memories together throughout the course of his life. Joe always maintained an incredibly positive out look no matter what was thrown at him, cancer, death, car problems and reckless destructive friends just to name a few. He literally gave me the shirt off of his back one time but it didn’t fit me. He would go to great lengths to help those he new and even others that he didn’t. His knowledge of cars and electronics was endless and his sense of humor amazing. I’m posting the only pictures on here that I have of him, all of my others are in storage in Idaho. Thank you B-Dow for sending me these ones from our backing trip to Grass Mountain Lakes. Joe’s laughter still echoes in my memory from all the good times we shared. You will never be forgotten and your legacy will always live on through all of us that new you. I’m devastated that he was taken away from this world in such a short time but I’m re leaved to know he is free from pain and suffering. I struggle to find the positive in this situation, the only thing I can gain from losing such a dear friend to cancer is being given the chance to say good bye to him. I’m not the most religious man but I like to think Joe was proudly greeted in Heaven by his close friends Tom Allen and Chuck Tillman, I’m sure they are riding dirt bikes through some old ladies yard right now. I have so many fond memories that probably aren’t appropriate to share here but they will remain in my mind for sharing with our friends as I see them over the course of this crazy thing we call life. I love you brother.
Grass mountain lakes. Date unknown