Joseph Max "Joe" Harvey

1951 - 2025

Joseph "Joe" Max Harvey

November 19, 1951 - September 30, 2025

Joseph "Joe" Max Harvey, 73, of Baldwin City, Kan., died Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at his home surrounded by family.

He was born November 19, 1951, in Lincoln, Neb., the son of Milroy Arch Harvey and Veona Marie (Appel) Harvey. He graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School with the class of 1970. He then attended the University of Nebraska, where he was a Regents Scholar. For the first three years, Joe was in the chemical engineering program before transferring to their dental school.

After college, Joe served his country in the United States Air Force for almost 14 years, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He worked as an oral surgeon and a dental officer and earned the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with one Bronze Oak Leaf, Humanitarian Service Medal, Air Force Overseas Long Tour Ribbon, Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with two Bronze Oak Leaf clusters, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, and the Air Force Training Ribbon.

On June 12, 1976, Joe was united in marriage to Mary Margaret Hansen at the Offutt Air Force Base SAC Memorial Chapel in Nebraska. They shared forty-nine years of loving marriage.

Joe worked as an Oral Surgeon at Oral Surgery Kansas, a business he owned. Joe retired from his profession in 2020. He was a part of Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU), the National Dental Honor Society.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Rachel Hammers-Harvey; his parents, Milroy and Veona Harvey; and two brothers, Arch Jack Harvey and James Harvey.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Margaret Harvey, of the home; five sons, Phillip James Harvey and his wife, Kimberly, of Baldwin City, Kan., Caleb John Harvey of Lawrence, Kan., Benjamin Fredrick Harvey and his wife, Erin, of Highland Park, Colo., Andrew Jens Harvey of Southern Pines, N.C., and Elijah Hans Harvey of Lawrence, Kan.; two daughters, Rebecca Marie Todd and her husband, Jared, of Baldwin City, Kan. and Anna Joyce Vinson and her husband, Stephen, of Overland Park, Kan.; a brother, Daniel Harvey of Aberdeen, S.D.; a sister, Roylynn Package of Potomac Falls, Va.; and 20 grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, October 4, 2025, at River City Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047. Interment with military honors will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kan. To celebrate Joe's life, a visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, October 3, 2025, at Redemption Hill Church, 802 W 22nd Terr, Lawrence, KS 66046. Memorial contributions may be made to Redemption Hill Church and sent c/o Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home, P.O. Box 64, Baldwin City, KS 66006. Condolences may be sent to the family through www.lamb-roberts.com.