JOSEPH PAUL HELLWIG
JOE P. HELLWIG OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN DECEMBER 19, 1915, IN DESOTO, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE EUGENE M. AND MARY E. (HARPER) HELLWIG. JOE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER ON APRIL 12, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-THREE YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND TWENTY-FOUR DAYS.
JOE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO AMYLEE "BEA" DELASHMIT ON JULY 23, 1971, IN HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI, AT THE ST. MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH.
JOE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE BEA HELLWIG OF POTOSI, THREE BROTHERS, RAYMOND HELLWIG AND WIFE KATHY OF ST. LOUIS, JIM HELLWIG AND WIFE KATHRYN OF CHIEFLAND, FLORIDA, FRANK HELLWIG AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO AND OTHER SISTERS AND BROTHERS-IN-LAW, MARY T. HELLWIG OF ST. LOUIS, MARIAN ALEXANDER OF ST. CLAIR, DON AND PATSY DELASHMIT OF BELLEVIEW, LOVELL AND RHONDA DELASHMIT OF BELGRADE, WILLIE AND LA DONNA DELASHMIT OF BELGRADE, ANN MARIE BUCKLEY OF POTOSI, FERN KRUEGER OF ST. LOUIS, RALPH AND LIZ KRODINGER OF DESOTO, GLADYS AND FREDDIE DRUMMOND OF DESOTO, MABLE JENNINGS OF DESOTO, DONALD AND KAREN KRODINGER OF DESOTO, LARRY AND RITA KRODINGER OF DESOTO, ANN AND CARL OBERLE OF DESOTO, FIVE GODCHILDREN, ANN KRODINGER OBERLE, JOYANN HELLWIG, KAREN HELLWIG HANKINSON, STEVE WITTE AND BARBARA KRUEGER BERGER AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER, CARINA (IDA) HELLWIG, SSJ, FIVE BROTHERS, EDWARD JOHN, EUGENE ROBERT, VICTOR WILLIAM, CHARLES ALBERT AND WILLIAM GEORGE HELLWIG, GRANDPARENTS, JOHN R AND JUSTINE IDA (BOYER) HARPER AND ALBERT AND AUGUSTA (KOZLOWSKI) HELLWIG AND HIS FIRST WIFE, JOAN M. KRODINGER.
JOE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WAS DEDICATED TO ITS' TEACHINGS. PRIOR TO JOE'S RETIREMENT HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY MOPAC RAILROAD. JOE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR ANIMALS AND A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART FOR HIS MANY PETS, WHO WILL MISS HIS LOVE AND ATTENTION VERY MUCH. JOE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME HUNTING, READING BOOKS, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL AND MANAGED BALL TEAMS WHILE IN THE NAVY AND WHILE RESIDING IN DESOTO. JOE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HIS COMMUNITY HAVING BEEN A MEMBER OF THE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT CLUB, A LIFE MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, VFW AND THE AMERICAN LEGION. A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ST. VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY AND A MEMBER OF THE T.C.I.U. AFL-CIO LODGE #6078.
JOE HAD SERVED HIS COUNTRY FAITHFULLY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY FROM 1942 TO 1945 AS A FIRST CLASS MACHINIST MATE, HE HAD SERVED IN GUADACANAL, NEW ZEALAND, EMIRAU, ADMIRABILITY ISLANDS AND THE PHILLIPINE ISLANDS.
JOE WAS A KIND PERSON WITH A SINCERE DEDICATED FAITH IN GOD AND HIS CHURCH. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999, FROM 3:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI. MEMORIAL SERVICES BY THE V.F.W. AND THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WERE HELD FRIDAY EVENING.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1999, AT 10:00 A.M. AT ST. ROSE OF LIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALVARY CEMETERY, DESOTO, IN THE FAMILY PLOT. GRAVESIDE MEMORIAL SERVICES WERE PRESENTED BY THE AMVETS OF DESOTO. SERVICES WERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, FRANCIS JULIETTE, PAUL DICKINSON, GEORGE DICKINSON, CHARLES PRATT, DAVID POLITTE AND TOM DEGONIA.