JOSEPH MALICKE

JOSEPH MALICKE 12/30/1946 - 11/30/2025 Joseph Anthony Malicke, 78, of Mooney Creek, Kan., died on Sunday, November 30, 2025, at Midland Care Center, Topeka, Kan. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m., Saturday, December 6, 2025, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in the Mooney Creek Community with Father Willam Dun-Dery as celebrant. Burial will follow in Corpus Christi Cemetery. A parish rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, December 5, 2025, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church with visitation to follow until 8 p.m. Memorial contributions are suggested to Corpus Christ Catholic Church and may be sent in care of Becker-Dyer-Stanton & O'Trimble Funeral Home, who is entrusted with the arrangements. Condolences to the family may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com. Joseph was born on December 30, 1946, in Leavenworth, Kan., the son of Casmer A. and Bernice C. (Schrick) Malicke. He graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1964. Mr. Malicke owned and operated Country Corvettes, Inc., later Northern Star Manufacturing in Nortonville, Kan., from 1978 to 2023. He was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and served on the parish council. He was a member of Knights of Columbus, Winchester-Nortonville, and a member of National Corvette Restorers Society. He authored numerous articles in Corvette restoration magazines. He also enjoyed restoring his farmhouse, gardening, and farming. He was married to Mary Linda Kramer on February 20, 1971, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. She preceded him in death on September 1, 2006. Survivors include two sons, Dustin and Jared Malicke, both of Houston, Texas, a daughter, April Malicke, Topeka, two grandsons, Sheldon and Jack, and one great-grandson, Ronin, and a brother-in-law, Kenneth Whifield, Osage Beach, Mo. His parents and a sister, Charlotte Whifield, preceded him in death.