It is with great sadness that we, Joe's wife and Joe's children,
announce the passing of our dear husband and father. Joe
passed away peacefully at Silver Heights nursing Home in
Raymore, SK on November 23, 2017.
Joe was born on March 19, 1926 to Joseph and Eva Deeg at
Kandahar on the farm.
Joe grew up on the family farm with his 5 siblings, Emilia, Ernie,
Martin, Raymond, Tina and Evelyn.
Joe went farming when he was 15 years old. His parents gave him
a quarter of land, 2 horses, a skinny heifer (milking), and some chickens.
Joe's sister Emilia moved in with Joe for a while, and later, Joe took in
his father and looked after him until he could get him into a home
at Kandahar. In 1946, Joseph/Dad married the love of his life, Lily
Moses. They lived with Grandma and Grandad Moses for 2 years.
They then built a small house in Edgebrook District SE 25-30-18.
Farming was their blood right from the beginning. Their hard
work and dedication to the land showed great pride. They were a
blessed with five children, Thelma, Betty, Louis, Alvin and David.
Joe provided for the family in whatever means needed which
included hunting and trapping and in the early years Joe worked
away from home during the winter in bush camps in Eastern
Canada. This meant leaving Lily alone to take care of the farm and
the young children while he was away.
Together, Joe and Lily taught the children the values of family life,
the importance of trust, honesty and hard work ethics. In this, leaving
the children with fond memories, including many gatherings with
friends and neighbours, many visits consisted of worldly
discussions, card games, music and laughter. Both Joe and Lily
had an ear for music and were able to play almost any instrument,
striking up any tune effortlessly on the banjo, guitar, fiddle,
mouth organ, piano and accordion, to name a few. When they
weren't playing music they were a beautiful couple on the dance
floor.
Lily passed in 1992, and was sad and devastating time for the whole
family. After 46 years of marriage, Joe struggled immensely,
since Lily was his strong right hand, soulmate and assistance who
guided Joe whenever needed.
On February 11, 1994, Joe started his next chapter of his life with
Beverley Degelman. Together they enjoyed many of the same
interests those being dancing, quading, snowmobiling, auction sales,
collecting antiques, watching threshing events, poker derbies,
working on the farm, travelling (to Vegas), playing pool with friends
until all hours of the night and Saturday night polka fest on the
radio at home, also visiting and following grandchildren at sports
etc. Music and laughter continued into this next part of Joe's life
journey. This time with children all grown and gone, Joe and Bev
had each other and a wonderful, loving friendship grew, and they
were best of friends and partners.
Joe and Bev sold the farm in 2004 and moved into Raymore
where they shared more time together. They then purchased a
trailer at Barrier and a Boat, and a small motor home, which they
would travel to many fiddle contests and music festivals.
When they weren't travelling they would often be found
dancing at Danceland on the horse hair floor.
On June 2, 2006, Joe and Bev were married and continued to
enjoy all of the travel until Joe, due to health, moved to Silver
Heights Nursing Home on September 1, 2016.
Where Bev was with him daily and by his side until his passing
on that very sad morning of November 23, 2017.
Our Joe was a man who had a very calm spirit and will always
be remembered for a few of his favourite sayings: "treat others
the way you would be treated" and "you only got one name so
look after it." Joe will always be remembered also for his many
interests: mechanics, welding, working on old fashioned clocks
and radios, restoring old cars (his favourite car was a 67
Cornet), farming, telling old stories and fixing almost anything
with a piece of wire.
Joe wanted his family family to remember him for the
following: his fiddle playing, mechanic work and welding. His
favourite colour was black, hymn was "In the Garden", and favorite flower
was a tiger lily.
Joe's unfinished work was to fly a plane; if he could have
changed one thing in his life he would have spent more time
with his kids.
We will all cherish the memories of this great man, husband,
father, stepfather, grandfather, step-grandfather, great-
grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, and beloved friend to
many. Joe is survived by his wife Beverly.
His children Thelma, Betty (Barrie), Louis, Alvin (Donna),
David (Sheryl); grandchildren Norman and Francine, Trevor
and Trudy, Netanya, Chris and Jessie; his great-grandchildren
Sara, Alex, Julie, Sam and Terry, Hanna, Aidan and Landyn,
Haley, Ethan, Deegan, and Lily Anne; stepchildren Yvonne
(Harvey) and Shawna (Rick); step-grandchildren Kylie and
Drake. Joe is also survived and will be remembered by his
siblings Emilia, Ernie, Raymond and Evelyn.
On behalf of Joe's wife Bev and family, we would like to give
our heartfelt thanks to all family, friends and neighbours for
your thoughtful acts of kindness, comfort and understanding
that has been shown to us. It is very much appreciated. in closing, a great
big thank you to the staff of Silver Heights Nursing Home for
looking after our dear Joe.
Interment will be July 7, 2018 at Pleasant View Cemetery in
Wynyard. Time will be announced closer to the date.
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