Joseph P. Rees

FORMERLY OF THE GERMANTOWN SECTION OF PHILADELPHIA, JOE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS LOVING MOTHER, MARY C. REES, UNCLE CHARLES J. CURRAN, GRAND PARENTS PATRICK AND ANNIE CURRAN AND HIS AUNT BERTHA REES.

JOE GRADUATED ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI PARRISH SCHOOL AND NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH.

AFTER A TWO YEAR TOUR IN THE U.S. ARMY, ARTILLERY CORPS, ONE YEAR SERVED ON THE KOREAN D.M.Z. IN 1967.

UPON HIS MILITARY SEPARATION, HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS, EARNING DEGREES FROM LA SALLE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

HE HELD VARIOUS MANAGERIAL POSITIONS IN A VARIETY OF FOOD MANUFACTURING CONCERNS PRIOR TO FORMING HIS ACCOUNTING SERVICES FIRM IN 2003 TO 2008.

RETIRING AT AGE 62. HE ENJOYED HIS CATS, GARDENING, GORMET COOKING AND RELAXING WITH HIS MUSIC ON THE GARDEN DECK. 

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE OBLATES OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, CHILDS, MD.

Relatives and friends are invited to his Funeral Mass on Wednesday September 7, 2022 at 10:30am at St Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 109 E Price St, Philadelphia, PA 19144.  Visitation from 10am to 10:30am.  https://www.saint-vincent-church.org/  (215) 438-2925

Interment to follow at 12pm in St. John Neumann Cemetery, 3797 County Line Rd, Chalfont, PA 18914

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