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Joseph G. Mintjal

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[May 27, 2022]  LINCOLN - Joseph G. Mintjal, 92, of Lincoln, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at OSF Richard L. Owen Hospice House in Peoria.

Service:  No services are scheduled at this time.

Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln     

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Joseph G. Mintjal, 92, of Lincoln, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at OSF Richard L. Owen Hospice House in Peoria.

No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation Rites have been accorded.

Joseph G. Mintjal was born on January 8, 1930, to loving parents Joseph P. and Christine R. Debelak Mintjal. On October 5, 1968, his made the best move of his life when he was united in marriage to Sudie M. Givan. She survives.

He is also survived by his son: Jeffrey L. Mintjal; four stepdaughters: Debra Ryan, Diana Froschauer, Dawn Busick, and Denise Moore; eleven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and cousins Theresa and Les Richert.

He is preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Donna Pell.

Joseph graduated from the Lincoln Community High School in 1947. He then joined the United States Air Force in 1951 and was honorably discharged in 1952. Enjoying travel, Joe lived and worked in Kankakee before moving to Las Vegas in 1954 where he learned pipeline welding. He followed pipelines around the country (and Mexico).

 

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He returned to Lincoln in 1965, going to work for the Credit Bureau of Lincoln which he purchased in 1968. He sold the company to C.R.I. in 1998.

Joe served as the major fundraiser for Congressman Edward Madigan through his time in public service. He built museum-quality wooden ship models. He loved to party, give parties, travel, and stay involved in local politics and community development. Joseph felt that he had done it all and looked forward to leaving and meeting his friends on the other side.

He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council #1250 since 1947 as a 3rd and 4th degree Knight.

Memorials may be made to the Holy Family Catholic Church Interior Renovation Fund or OSF Richard L Owen Hospice House in Peoria.

Peasley Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.


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