Joe C. Aeschilman

Service: Memorials may be directed to St. Edwards Catholic Church in Afton and Camp Courageous. Memorial: Visitation and funeral services for Joe were private. Rev. Leonard Kenkel and Msgr. Paul Connelly officiated. Joe is survived by his wife, Cheri of Winterset and children, Cheri Jo Tuttle (husband Doug) of Winterset, Rob Aeschliman of Dubuque and Will Aeschliman of Des Moines. He is also survived by three children from a previous marriage, six sisters, three brothers and ten grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters. Joe was born April 4, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Joseph and Marguerite (Saint) Aeschliman. During his working career, Joe was employed by the Des Moines Register as a mailer for over 30 years. He was a member of St. Edwards Catholic Church in Afton where he took his family, including his mother-in-law, to church every Sunday. He was also a member of Teamsters Local #4. Joe enjoyed spending time with his family, cooking, planting flowers, mowing, woodworking, being the family fix-it man, and fishing with his wife. Joe also supported the charitable efforts of the Des Moines Register Mailers’ Union Fund by collecting and sorting about 1000 pop cans each week from the Register’s offices and production facility. He also pulled the aluminum tabs from each can to personally deliver to Camp Courageous in Monticello. These efforts allowed him to support various causes that he believed in.