HEAVEN JUST GAINED A NEW PARTY PLANNER, SPORTS ENTHUSIAST AND PRESCHOOL TEACHER.
JOSEPH JOHN ZIEGLER, ASLEEP IN JESUS ON AUGUST 20, 2026.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF KRISTINE ZIEGLER (NEE FINKLANG). DEVOTED FATHER TO OLIVIA AND JACKSON ZIEGLER. LOVING SON OF FRANK AND THE LATE SUSAN ZIEGLER AND SON IN LAW OF LINDA FINKLANG (BILL). FAVORITE BROTHER TO DIANE JULIUS (KEVIN), JEFF ZIEGLER (JULIE), DEBBIE PETTI (TONY), FRANCINE TOLLIVER, MARY GUINTA (DAVE) AND ANGIE CURCURU (ALEX). BROTHER IN LAW TO STEPHANIE STOTTS (TOM). UNCLE TO BEN, ADAM, ISAAC, VERONICA, BETHANY, ALLISON, NICK, CAITLYN, JACOB, BRANDON, MEGAN, HAYDEN, KILE, KELSEY, KATY, LOUIE, ABBY, FRANK, CLARE, LUCY, MILO, DELANEY, ADDISON AND BRAEDEN. GREAT UNCLE, NEPHEW, COUSIN AND FRIEND TO MORE THAN WE CAN COUNT.
JOE WAS ALWAYS THE GUY TO PLAN A PARISH DANCE OR CRAZY BOWL GAME. HE COORDINATED THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DAY FOOTBALL GAME TURNED INTO SOCCER GAME, WAS IN CHARGE OF HANDING OUT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND WAS THE CREATOR AND HOST OF OUR BELOVED CHRISTMAS TRIVIA. THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOVED ALL THINGS HALLOWEEN AND JOE’S FAVORITE DISH TO MAKE WAS JAMBALAYA. HE ALWAYS MADE WAAAAY MORE THAN NEEDED BUT LOVED HAVING THE LEFTOVERS.
HE WAS OUR BOAT CAPTAIN, ANCHOVY LOVING, THRIFT STORE JUNKIE AND DEVOTED BLUES, CARDINALS AND RAIDERS FAN. BUT ABOVE ALL, JOE WAS THE WORLD’S MOST DEVOTED YANKEES SUPERFAN.
HIS GREATEST PRIDE AND JOY WERE OLIVIA AND JACKSON, PASSING ON THE VALUES OF GENEROSITY, KINDNESS AND INCLUSIVITY AND HE TRULY EXCELLED AT BEING A STAY AT HOME DAD AND DOG DAD TO AUGGIE AND ZEKE.
ONE OF JOE’S FAVORITE JOBS WAS TEACHING HIS BELOVED STUDENTS AT QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS, WHERE HE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS MR GEORGE AND MR NOODLE.
JOE’S GREATEST LOVE WAS AND WILL FOREVER BE KRISSY. HE WAS EVERY BIT AS CRAZY ABOUT HER ON HIS LAST DAY AS HE WAS ON THE DAY THEY MET. HE HAD TO WORK HARD TO WIN HER OVER, BUT HIS PERSISTENCY AND OVERLY KIND GESTURES FINALLY WON HER OVER. NO MATTER WHAT HE WOULD ALWAYS BE HEARD SAYING, “WHATEVER YOU WANT KRIS.”
JOE WAS THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN AND A TRUE FRIEND. HE BROUGHT FUN WHEREVER HE WENT, MADE PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME AND LOVED, AND GAVE HIS WHOLE HEART TO HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, HIS STUDENTS AND HIS COMMUNITY.
SO, SO MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE HELP? IF YOU WOULD TRULY LIKE TO HONOR JOE, GO AND DO SOMETHING KIND FOR SOMEONE ELSE. CUT A NEIGHBOR’S GRASS. DONATE TO YOUR LOCAL FOOD PANTRY. VOLUNTEER IN YOUR COMMUNITY. HELP SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A HAND, EXPECTING NOTHING IN RETURN. THE GREATEST WAY WE CAN HONOR HIM IS TO CARRY THAT KINDNESS FORWARD. EVEN IN DEATH, JOE CONTINUES TO DO WHAT HE HAS ALWAYS DONE-HELP OTHERS. THROUGH THE GIFT OF TISSUE DONATION, HIS GENEROSITY AND SELFLESSNESS WILL LIVE ON, BRINGING HOPE AND HEALING TO OTHERS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FINAL ACT OF LOVE AND A TRUE REFLECTION OF THE WAY JOE LIVED HIS LIFE.
SERVICES: VISITATION AT KUTIS SOUTH COUNTY CHAPEL (5255 LEMAY FERRY RD) ON MONDAY, AUGUST 24 FROM 3-8 P.M. THEN TAKEN TO QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR VISITATION TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, FROM 10 A.M. UNTIL TIME OF FUNERAL MASS AT 11 A.M. SERVICES CONCLUDE AT CHURCH.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS PLEASE MAKE DONATIONS TO STELLA’S WISH AND/OR COLTON’S CAUSE.