Joseph ‘Joe’ Black
1944-2022
Joseph “Joe” Ottie Black, 81, passed
away at his home in Canaan Forks on Saturday March 5,
2022.
The son of the late Ottie Ondon Black and the late
Mabelle (Damery) Black, he was a generous and unassuming man, always
with a kind word and willing to help someone out if he was
able. He constantly surprised his children with his
patience, and his sense of humour. He devoted his life to
the family farm where he was born, his herd of beef cattle an his
family. He was an avid hunter, trapper, and fisherman, and
loved nothing more than being in the outdoors. Over the
years he worked as a logger, worked in local lumber mills and farms,
and spent some years as a bulldozer opeator building woods
roads.
Joseph is predeceased by his beloved wife of 51
years Shirley (Beck) Black, his sister Jean died in infancy, brother
Stanley Black, half-siblings Esley (Viola) Black, Eva (Fred) Jackson,
and Harold (Bessie) Black.
He is survived and will be profoundly missed by
his devoted children Shannon (Jeff) Huber of Melville, SK, Corrine
(Bryan) Black of Wards Creek, Jessica (Ernie) McGrath of Canaan Forks,
Erin (David) Goddard of Kinnear Settlement, and Neil (Melanie) Black
of Rochester, Minnesota; his loving grandchilden Christopher, Keiran,
Jordan, and Bradley; his chosen companion and partner in
daily senior shenanigans Jean Paterson of Canaan Forks. He will also
be sadly missed by his favourite group of ladies, his sisters Myrtle
(George) Ross, Leta (Gurney) Beal, Roberta (Harold) Moss, Linda
(Harold) Constantine, Rilla (Ansel) Moss-Wood, Loretta (Jim) Beck, and
Alma (Wendell) Maxwell, his sister-in-law Glenna Black, along with
numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, “adopted” children and
extended family.
Joe is in the care of Salisbury Funeral Home
(372-4800) where a private family service will be held. Interment in
New Canaan Cemetery at a later date.
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Joseph ‘Joe’ Black 19442022..
Death notice for the town of: Salisbury, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick