STAUDENMAYER

JOSEPH WAS BORN MARCH6,1933. HE WAS THE 5th CHILD OF 8 BORN TO CHARLES AND CECELIA STAUDENMAYER.HIS OLDER SIBLINGS WERE CHARLES, HELEN, MARY, AND BERNIE.HIS YOUNG SIBLINGS WERE BETTY,TERESA AND JOHNNY. THE FAMILY OF TEN LIVED IN ROXBOROUGH PA.

HIS FAVORITE THINGS TO DO AS HE GREW UP WERE PLAYING SPORTS-BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL.

HE ALSO, ALONG WITH HIS GOOD BUDDIES DOODLE AND DAVE GRUNDER WOULD GO TO THE PHILLIES OR A's GAME AND WATCH DOUBLEHEADERS ON ANY SUNDAYS THEY COULD GO.

IN THE 1950's JOE CONVINCED HIS GOOD BUDDIES TO ENLIST IN THE AIR FORCE WITH HIM.HE SERVED FROM FEB. 1953 TO NOV.1956. HE RECIEVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE ALONG WITH A NATIONAL SERVICE MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.

IN THE 1960's HE WENT TO LaSALLE COLLEGE ON THE GI BILL AND EARNED A DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING AND EVENTUALLY PASSED THE CPA EXAM AND HAD A LONG CAREER AS AN ACCOUNTANT IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY. HE ALSO BY THEN HAD A FAMILY, HIS WIFE BERNADETTE, HIS SONS JOE AND JOHN. ALL THROUGH HIS LIFE HE RARELY MET A PERSON HE DIDN'T LIKE AND WHO DIDN;T LOVE HIM RIGHT AWAY. EVERYONE WOULD GET A "LOOKIN GOOD KID" OR "KEEP IT UP YOU'RE GOING PLACES".THAT WAS NOT JUST A TAG LINE OR LIP SERVICE. HE SINCERELY MEANT IT TO EVERYONE AND SAID THOSE THINGS BECAUSE HE WAS AT HEART A PEOPLE PERSON AND ETERNAL OPTIMIST. HE ENJOYED HOLDING COURT WITH EVERYONE, JUST SHARING HIS JOY FOR LIFE,WITH ALWAYS A WORD OF CONFIDENCE TO BRIGHTEN THEIR DAY.

HE SPENT ALMOST 50 YEARS ON BATTERSBY ST. IN NORTHEAST PHILA. AND ENJOYED ENGAGING EVERYONE HE MET.

HE ENDED UP LIVING IN PENNSAUKEN NEW JERSEY WHERE HE BECAME CLOSE WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS, WHO BECAME HIS BEST FRIENDS.

HE WAS EXCEPTIONAL AND EVERYONE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT JUST BEING A POSITIVE PERSON WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THERE WITH ENCOURAGEMENT AND A POSITIVE, LOVING ATTITUDE.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS TWO SONS, JOE AND HIS WIFE STEPHANIE, AND JOHN AND HIS WIFE BARBARA JEAN,ALONG WITH HIS FIVE GRANDCHILDREN JOE AND WIFE KATE,JOHN, ERIN, MARK AND KARA AS WELL AS HIS GREAT GRAND CHILD ROSE.

RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO HIS VIEWING THURSDAY EVENING AUGUST 1st 6:OOpm AT THE EDWARD J. PETNER FUNERAL HOME (family owned and operated) AND FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 2nd 9:30am TO 10:30am AT ST. TIMOTHY CHURCH 3001 LEVICK ST. PHILA.,PA.19149. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL 10:30am . INTERMENT PRIVATE.