Joe Edmond McDowell 
M, (31 July 1936 - 6 October 2002)
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- 9th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
Joe Edmond McDowell was born on 31 July 1936 at Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky. He was the son of Joe McDowell and Virgie Leota Barker. Joe Edmond McDowell married, at age 21, Geraldine Logan on Monday, 23 December 1957 at Portsmouth, Portsmouth County, Virginia. Joe Edmond McDowell died on 6 October 2002 at age 66 years, 2 months and 6 days.
He From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Linda Swann, comp., 'Obituaries - In Memory of Joe E. McDowell,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 6 No. 2 (December 2002), pp. 20 - 21.
IN MEMORY OF JOE E. McDOWELL
Joe E. McDowell, age 66, of Edwards, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2002, at his home. He was born July 31, 1936, in Ashland, Kentucky, the son of Joe and Virgie Barker McDowell.
He served in the United States Coast Guard and on December 23, 1957, he was united in marriage to Geraldine Logan at Portsmouth, Virginia. Following their marriage, they were stationed in several cities until his discharge from the Coast Guard. They moved to Kansas City, Kansas where they made their home until 1994 when they moved to their lake home near Edwards.
He was employed by the Gas Service Company in Kansas City, Kansas for 32 years.
He was a member of the Wyandotte #3 Masonic Lodge of Kansas City, Kansas and a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies of Kansas City. For over twenty years, he has been known as Santa Claus for many children in the Kansas City and Edwards area. He bought and distributed gifts for hundreds of children which was a great ministry that he and his family prepared for all year. The smiles and hugs of many children were his great reward.
He is survived by his wife, Geraldine McDowell, of the home, one son, Joe Jerald McDowell, and his wife Melissa, of Warsaw, two daughters, Verona Esterban, and her husband, David of Los Banos, California and Darlene Perry, and her husband, Scott, of Manhattan, Kansas, two grandchildren, Andrew and Nikki, several nieces and Nephews, other relatives and friends.
He From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Linda Swann, comp., 'Obituaries - In Memory of Joe E. McDowell,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 6 No. 2 (December 2002), pp. 20 - 21.
IN MEMORY OF JOE E. McDOWELL
Joe E. McDowell, age 66, of Edwards, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2002, at his home. He was born July 31, 1936, in Ashland, Kentucky, the son of Joe and Virgie Barker McDowell.
He served in the United States Coast Guard and on December 23, 1957, he was united in marriage to Geraldine Logan at Portsmouth, Virginia. Following their marriage, they were stationed in several cities until his discharge from the Coast Guard. They moved to Kansas City, Kansas where they made their home until 1994 when they moved to their lake home near Edwards.
He was employed by the Gas Service Company in Kansas City, Kansas for 32 years.
He was a member of the Wyandotte #3 Masonic Lodge of Kansas City, Kansas and a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies of Kansas City. For over twenty years, he has been known as Santa Claus for many children in the Kansas City and Edwards area. He bought and distributed gifts for hundreds of children which was a great ministry that he and his family prepared for all year. The smiles and hugs of many children were his great reward.
He is survived by his wife, Geraldine McDowell, of the home, one son, Joe Jerald McDowell, and his wife Melissa, of Warsaw, two daughters, Verona Esterban, and her husband, David of Los Banos, California and Darlene Perry, and her husband, Scott, of Manhattan, Kansas, two grandchildren, Andrew and Nikki, several nieces and Nephews, other relatives and friends.
Children of Joe Edmond McDowell and Geraldine Logan
Last Edited=5 Aug 2005