Joe Chaffin

Joe Chaffin was born to William (Bill) and June (England) Chaffin on August 22, 1944 in Spencer, Iowa. Joe grew up on the family farm Southwest of Milford. He graduated from Milford High School in 1962 and attended Morningside College in Sioux City for one year. He then returned to Milford in the fall of 1963 to begin farming with his father. On August 28, 1965 he married JoAnn Hodapp, his high school sweetheart, in Milford. Joe enjoyed farming for the rest of his working life with his father and brother and was very proud of Chaffin Farms.

Joe was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He also had served as an Okoboji Community School board member and 4H leader. He especially enjoyed helping get calves ready to show at the Dickinson County Fair each year. Joe was an avid Iowa State Cyclone fan. He was a gregarious fellow who enjoyed telling stories and conversing with anyone with a few minutes of time. After retirement, he also enjoyed watching his five grandchildren and following their activities, watching RFDTV, and spending time with family and friends.

Joe was called home on June 17th with complications from myotonic dystrophy, with which he had been struggling for the last five years. He will be laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery in Milford.

It is said that we are remembered forever in the hearts of those we leave behind. Joe will live on in the hearts of his wife JoAnn, his daughter Jill and her husband, Bob Krebs, and their children Alex, Tyler and Jackson Krebs of Lake Park, IA, his daughter Beth and her husband, Bryan McCabe, and their children Bryson and Brenna McCabe of Milford, his son Dave and his wife, Liz Chaffin, of Des Moines, IA, and daughter Sarah and husband, Ryan Lau, of Oakdale, MN. Also cherishing Joe in their memory are his parents, Bill and June Chaffin, brother Don and wife, Verona Chaffin, and their family, and sister Kathy Chaffin, all of Milford and many other relatives and friends.

IN MEMORY
JOE CHAFFIN
August 22, 1944
June 17, 2005

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Milford, Iowa
Tuesday, June 21, 2005 10:30 AM

CELEBRANTS
Father James Bruch
Father Richard Remmes

MUSIC
JoAnn Heerdt, Organist
Wynette Moore, Cantor
Liz Williams Chaffin, Soloist
The Lord’s Prayer

PALLBEARERS
Jon Chaffin
John Derner
Jason Chaffin
Mike Hodapp
Jerry Daugherty
Bruce Taylor

HONORARY BEARERS
Don Eckard
Gary Fisk
Lyn Johnson
Herman Hodapp

INTERMENT
Calvary Cemetery
Milford, Iowa