Joseph Baden, Jr. , 95, of Chippewa Township, died Sunday, January 10, 2010.
Born January 24, 1914 in Footdale, PA , he was the son of the late Joseph Baden, Sr. & _Frances (Pokorny) Baden. He was a lifelong member of the First Congregational Church in Beaver Falls. He retired from Westinghouse where he was a welder;he was an avid golfer and was a member of the Blackhawk Men’s Golf League; Rochester B.P.O. Elks No. 283; Monaca Turners; and Monaca-Center Masonic Lodge.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Lillian “Sis” Baden, June 28, 2008, two brothers Edward & Jack Baden; four sisters Ruth Andrews, Etta Madish, Francis Long, and Martha Murphy; and his mother-in-law Marie Reich Keppen.
He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law Nancy and Craig Adams, Cypress, TX, three grandchildren, Tricia Adams, Ryan Adams and his wife Rebecca , all of Houston, TX, Tracie Welch and her husband Ryan, Phoenix , AZ, two great grandchildren, Morgan Adams & Presley Pappas; a brother Roy Baden, Monaca; and a sister Lillian Duff, AZ.
Friends will be received on Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hill & Kunselman Funeral Home, www.hillandkunselman.com, 3801-4th Avenue, College Hill, Beaver Falls, where a service will be held on Saturday at 10:30 AM. with Rev. James Trusel officiating.
Members of the Rochester B.P.O. Elks, No. 283 will conduct a service at 7:00 PM Friday in the funeral home.
Private entombment will follow in Sylvania Hills Mausoleum, Daugherty Township.
Memorial contributions may be made in lieu of flowers to the First Congregational Church, 1024-4th Ave., Beaver Falls, PA 15010.