Joseph F. Vessels Jr. 79, of Fort Branch, IN, passed
away on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 at Transcendant Care of
Owensville.
He was born to the late Joseph F. and Catherine
(Young) Vessels on July 7, 1935 in Evansville, IN.
Joe was a retired meat packer. He was a member
of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Fort Branch, IN, Knights of Columbus Sts. Peter and Paul council # 2215, where he was Past Grand
Knight and the State Financial Secretary. He graduated in 1953 at Mater Dei
High School where he was in the 1st class to go all 4 years and
was senior class president. He served in the U.S. Army for 2 years. Joe was
manager of the Fort Branch Little League for 7 years. He managed the 1st little
league team to go undefeated. He served on the Union Twp
Trustee Advisory Board. Joe was an avid L.A. Dodger and Mater
Dei Sports fan, and loved to walk and play clabber.
Besides his parents, he is also preceded in death by
his son Chris Vessels.
Joe is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lois (Emge) Vessels and his beloved dog Bo of Fort Branch, 2
children, Joey A. (Diana) Vessels of Fort Branch, Kathy Isaacs of Evansville,
IN, 2 grandchildren Cory Isaacs and his Fiancee,
Julie Weiss and her son Matt, Deanna (Bret) Keller, 2 great grandchildren Ty
and Chase Keller, 1 step-grandchild Faith Didier,and a god son Todd Niemeier.
Brothers and sister; Jim (Janell) Vessels of Evansville, IN, Fred (Rose)
Vessels of Evansville IN, Ben Vessels of Owensboro, KY, Greg (Amy) Vessels of
Michigan, and Kathleen Gerbig of Evansville,
IN.
A Mass of Christian burial will be conducted at 10:00
AM on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Fort Branch,
Fathers Tony Ernst and Bhastati Sudhakar
will be co-celebrants. Entombment will be at Holy Cross Mausoleum.
Visitation will be on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 at the Stodghill Funeral Home in Fort Branch from 2:00 PM until
8:00 PM and from 9:00 AM until service time at the church on Tuesday.
