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Joseph Mayer Obituary
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Janessa
July 30, 2024
Pop pop was what I called him along with my cousins he was my great grandfather and my overall best friend, the person I looked up to, my defender, my protection, my wallet, my place to stay when I wanted to get out of the house, my favorite person, the one person who I could talk to, the first person to show me what a man should act like, the man who’s home I was at every weekend growing up, the person who gave me my nickname that has stuck with me for forever, the knight in shining armor in every little girls story except for I actually had him, he was everything and more you could of asked for for a great grandfather and I will always cherish the memories I got to create with him he was someone who could make you laugh in any situation and all I wanted after I found out he passed was him because he was always the one to make things better and now I don’t have him and it hits home hard. He was everything and more for me. One thing i remember is almost every weekend that I was there growing up he tried to make my favorite which was steak and it was a Greta having my favorite meal every weekend he made it great too. I never had a reason to complain when he was around now I complain about everything because he isn’t here to make sure everything is going right. I remember growing up I would sit next to him on the bench while he played the organ and I would try to learn but I could never remember what to do so when he wasn’t there I would try to practice so I could become just like him, I always looked up to him no matter what. Holidays were the best, for Christmas he always knew what to get even if I hadn’t said it, at thanksgiving he knew how to make everything great and everyone laugh, on Halloween he made sure he pulled out all his decorations just because I wanted them up, for Easter he always did his upmost for everything. He always did his best always no matter what. I also remember sitting in the office while he worked and I was in my Meemaw’s chair which was at her desk on the other side of the room and I would spin around and slide across the room to see what he was doing and it was just fun to even be in his presence he always cracked jokes. He devoted his bedroom that he slept in sometimes when his back hurt to having all my toys in there growing up. Pop pop was my everything and I had to learn to live life all over again after the passed because I knew nothing other than a life with him he was the color in my life and it was like I went color blind for a while everything looked the same but nothing felt the same. But I knew what to do i put on a brave face and braced myself for the life ahead of me because that’s what he would’ve wanted me to do because all I wanted to do was sit in bed all day and sleep I didn’t want to do anything but I lived as normal like he would’ve wanted me to I went out to friends houses and I lived life because I had to learn how to do that all over again and that was the first step to learning. There are so many memories I could go on and on like how we always went to Walmart on Sunday before they would drop me off back home and I would fill a cart with toys but each time he bought it for me just to make me happy or how they brought they’re little dog Morgan out to meet my big dog max and max was afraid of him or how when I was just sitting in the couch with the dog staring at my phone he would come over and say something and always used my nickname and it would scare me because I didn’t know he was there or how he would defend me wearing lip gloss or nail polish from my Meemaw because she didn’t want me wearing it the list goes on and on and on but this would have to be read for days if I said everything but he was amazing and caring and kind and he had a great soul and he was hilarious he had the best sense of humor he was a great cook and a great handy man and always cared about his family he was giving always always willing to give to help his family he was the most perfect great grandfather you could ever ask for and I will never ever forget him not ever.
Bruce Kinney
October 16, 2022
Joe was a real good friend starting in scouts. We did a lot together until we went into the service and ended up in different places. I´ll always remember how much Joe loved to drive anything, the church truck in the school parking lot, farm tractors at scout camp. He would even ride a bike to our house to cut our grass with my dads riding mower. I wish we would have reconnected as we got older. Thanks Joe for being a good friend, we had a lot of fun.
Ben Porobenski
August 27, 2022
I was a good friend of Joe’s from scouts through his post navy days. To this day I think of him from time to time. It wasn’t until he moved to NY that we lost contact. I wish that never happened. I will always keep his memory close.
Tom Landis
June 1, 2022
My sister Barb and I lived behind you with the alley separating our back yards. I transferred the Morning Call paper to Joey when started Penn State. My condolences to your family.
Grateful
June 1, 2022
Sir,
Thank You for Your service to our country.
God Bless You!
God be with your family!
Sincerely,
A Grateful American
John Krupka
May 31, 2022
Kathy, Eric, MaryBeth, Fred and all of Joe´s Family. I was a classmate of Joe´s in grade school, Cub Scouts, his dad was Cub Master, and Boy Scouts in Troop #74. I remember many scout outing & camping trips. Funny the Joe I remember is his navy picture here. Hopefully you will remember all the fond memories as I do as i write this. Hope those memories guide you through the next days and well into days he future
John Krupka
Classmate
Scouting friend
Joanne Fallon
May 27, 2022
Bonnie I’m so sorry to hear of Joe’s passing. Your in my prayers. May your memories comfort you. Joanne Fallon.
Den
May 24, 2022
A heartfelt thank you for your service to our country. Rest In Peace.
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