Joseph Stephen Laughead
Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation ?ervices. Visitation: 4-7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 27, funeral home.
LETTS, Iowa - Joseph Stephen Laughead, 37, Letts, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, at his home.
Bishop David Shepherd of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will officiate.
Casket bearers are Mike Laughead, Lee Laughead, Steve King, Chris Rice, Nicole DeSmet, Dave Bergert, Dave Ellsworth and Hector Garrido. Burial will be in Alexis, Ill. at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to a trust fund for Mr. Laugheadâ s two sons. Sympathy notes may be left for the Laughead family at www.lewisfuneralhomes.com
Joseph Stephen Laughead was born Aug. 21, 1968, in Illinois, the son of Dannie E. and Cynthia K. Long Laughead. He married Michelle Dawn Stark June 21, 1996, in Moline, Ill.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Airborne Infantry serving in Alaska. After leaving the Army, he was employed at Hawkeye Plumbing and Heating Inc. with his father.
He enjoyed the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing, as well as carving wood. He was also an art enthusiast, creating paintings and drawings whenever he could. He loved to read books on various topics. He was a member of the National Rifle Association, followed The Grateful Dead and was a member of the Rainbow Family. He was friendly to all, but he loved his family more than anything.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Robert â œBobâ and Zane Laughead of Muscatine; his parents, Dan and Cindy Laughead of Muscatine; two brothers, Michael â œMikeâ F. Laughead and his wife Candace of Kalamazoo, Mich. and Lee W. Laughead of Muscatine; two sisters, Kathleen â œKathyâ A. Garrido and her husband Hector of Fruitland and Lisa C. Ellsworth and her husband Dave of Letts; his paternal grandmother, Harriet Laughead Bealer of Rock Island and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather Robert Laughead; his maternal grandparents, Al and Doris Long, and one uncle, Richard Laughead.
I really loved Joe, he was a great person. He had his problems and issues like anyone, but he was sincerely a good person deep down. I love the entire Laughead family and I will admit that Joe was the one that I knew the least, but in his best moments he said some very profound things that touched me and changed my way of thinking forever on many different things. My love and prayers extend out to the Laughead family. They are a beautiful family, loving and accepting of each other. I know that though Joe will be greatly missed, he will be thought of often and he will be watching over us all.
Love, Kate
