[Woodworkers] Remembering Joe

[Brian Johnson]

The last videos Joe posted on his YouTube channel were "An Urn For An 
Angel", which was him building an urn for the baby of one of my best 
friends, Scott. I was living abroad at the time so I didn't have a shop, 
and when I asked Joe if he would build the urn, he was hesitant, but 
ended up taking it on. He was a total class act from start to finish. I 
put him in touch with my friends, and even in asking if they minded him 
making a YouTube video he was nothing but kind.

When I told them of Joe's passing a few months later they cried. They 
didn't know Joe. They didn't have a relationship beyond the urn with 
Joe. But he had touched them in that way that only Joe could.

I never met him in person, but I spent a fair amount of time talking to 
him on the phone and via email. We sent swag back and forth. I helped 
him find an old British military buddy. Every interaction looking back 
still makes me smile. The guy was just a good person. A great person.

-Brian



Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers wrote on 4/28/21 12:02 PM:
> A couple of years ago I mentioned that I had Joes birthday saved in my 
> calendar and had decided to leave as a reminder of him.  Not that I need 
> a reminder because I still think of him often, but I suppose that will 
> fade as more time goes by.
> 
> Today would have been his birthday, so I figured it was only right to 
> wish him happy birthday.  So, Happy Birthday Joe!
> 
> 2Dave
> 
> /"professional putzer"/
> 
> 
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