| Name |
Joos, George Richard |
| Birth |
19 Apr 1916 |
Tenney, Minnesota  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1920 |
Taylor, Traverse, Minnesota [3] |
| Census |
1930 |
Taylor, Traverse, Minnesota [4] |
| Occupation |
UNTIL Sep 1936 |
Minnesota |
| Worked on family farm |
| Occupation |
From 1937 to 1947 |
| Caterpillar Inc |
| Census |
1940 |
Tremont, Tazewell, Illinois, United States [5] |
 |
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
|
| Military |
WWII Army Vet |
| Military Draft Registration |
16 Oct 1940 |
Tremont, Tazewell, Illinois, United States [6] |
| Military |
20 Mar 1943 |
Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States [7] |
Address:
United States World War II Army Enlistment |
| Occupation |
1950 |
| Started Morton Reality with Fredrick Joos Sr. |
| Residence |
1957 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Residence |
1964 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Residence |
1967 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Residence |
From 1968 to 2001 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States [8] |
| (309) 266-9413 |
Address:
216 S Indiana Ave |
| Residence |
1970 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States [9] |
| PostalCode: 61550-5134; StreetAddress: PO Box 5134; PostalCode: 61550-2030; StreetAddress: 140 S Main St; PostalCode: 61550-2628 (1984); StreetAddress: 216 S Indiana Ave; Age: 54 |
| Residence |
1988 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Residence |
1991 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Residence |
1994 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Residence |
1998 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Residence |
1999 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Death |
11 Feb 2001 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States [1, 2] |
- MORTON - George R. Joos, 84, of 216 S. Indiana Ave. died at 6:55 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, 2001, at Apostolic Christian Restmor.
Born April 19, 1916, in Tenney, Minn., to Ernest and Louise Aupperle Joos, he married Caroline Stetzler on Oct. 12, 1941, in Morton. He later married Geneva Borton on March 2, 1968, in Morton. She survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Sharon (and Jim) Waller of Morton and Marilyn (and Ron) Hanson of Lincoln, Neb.; one stepson, Jerry Borton of Delray Beach, Fla.; one stepdaughter, Donna (and Bob) Doerr of Metamora; one brother, Sam Joos of Peoria; two sisters, Emma Ackerman of Deer Creek and Louise Winemiller of Washington; five grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; and five stepgreatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by seven brothers and three sisters.
He worked on the family farm in Minnesota until September 1936.
He worked for Caterpillar Inc. for 10 years until 1947, when he started in the real estate and insurance business.
In 1950, with his brother, Fredrick Sr., he began Morton Realty Co., with offices in Morton and Washington, where he worked as a real estate and insurance broker.
He was co-developer of Washington Knolls addition, Ponderosa Estates in Washington and Joos Greenview Estates in Morton.
A World War II Army veteran, he was a lifetime member of American Legion Post 318.
He was a member of Kennel Lake Sportsman Club, Illinois Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors, Independent Insurance Agents Association, the Peoria Board of Realtors and Society of Real Estate Appraisers.
He was a member of Grace Evangelical Mennonite Church in Morton, where services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Earl Cecil will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home and from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial will be in Roberts Cemetery, where military services will be conducted by his American Legion post.
Memorials may be made to his church building fund.
Peoria Journal Star (Peoria, IL) - Monday, February 12, 2001
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George Richard Joos obituary
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| Burial |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States [2] |
Address:
Roberts Cemetary |
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George Joos and Geneva Joos grave stone
|
| Person ID |
I6 |
Genealogy | Joos Family, Stetzler Family |
| Last Modified |
6 May 2024 |
| Father |
Joos, Ernest Carl, b. 10 Apr 1876, Württemberg, Germany d. 9 Dec 1957, Tremont, Tazewell, Illinois, United States (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
Aupperle, Louise Karoline, b. 15 Jan 1881, Asperglen, Wurttemberg, Germany d. 27 Mar 1964, Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Aug 1901 |
Princeville, Illinois |
| Census |
1910 |
Medina Township, Illinois [10] |
| Census |
1920 |
Taylor, Traverse, Minnesota [11] |
| Census |
1930 |
Taylor, Traverse, Minnesota [12] |
| Census |
1940 |
Taylor, Traverse, Minnesota [13] |
 |
Ernest and Louise Joos 1940 Census
|
| Census |
12 Apr 1950 |
Tremont, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Residence |
1959 |
Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States |
| Photos |
 | Ernest and Louise Joos children
|
 | Joos Family Kids
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| Documents |
| Ernest and Louise Joos Family History
|
| Family ID |
F4 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Stetzler, Caroline Ruth, b. 5 Oct 1922, Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States d. 21 Mar 2019, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States (Age 96 years) |
| Residence |
1941 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
Address:
625 S Main St |
| Marriage |
12 Oct 1941 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
 |
Geroge Joos and Caroline Stetzler marriage certificate
|
| Census |
10 Apr 1950 |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Divorce |
1968 |
| Residence |
Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
Address:
701 S Main St |
| Children |
|
| Family ID |
F2 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Jul 2024 |
Waller-Joos-Stetzler
1916 - 2001 (84 years)
