Joel Whitehead (1951-2005)

WHITEHEAD, MITCHELL, THOMPSON, ERICKSON

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 12/23/2005 at 06:06:21

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, December 22, 2005.

Joel Craig Whitehead, 54, of Nevada, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at First Christian Church with the Rev. Brice Hughes officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memory Gardens north of Nevada.

Joel was born on July 6, 1951, in Ames to Walter G. and Marjorie L. (Mitchell) Whitehead. He was a 1971 graduate of Nevada High School. He married Regina Backoff in 1976 in Nevada. He was employed as a driver for Minnesota Valley Testing. He was a member of First Christian Church in Nevada. He enjoyed sports, camping, fishing and playing on the computer. He was a Little League umpire.

He is survived by his mother, Marjorie Whitehead; his loving companion, Pam Weuve and her children, Melissa and Adam; two sons, Joseph (J.J.) Whitehead and Jason Whitehead; one daughter, Amanda Jo Whitehead; one brother, Lowell (Ernie) and Lori Whitehead, all of Nevada; two sisters, Carol (Skinny) Thompson of Nevada and Sheila (Rick) Erickson of McCallsburg; and two grandchildren, Brook and Leslie Whitehead.

He was preceded in death by his father, Walter, on March 6, 2000.

Visitation will be Thursday, Dec. 22, with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m. at Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada.

Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada is in charge of arrangements.

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