Joseph Ronald Dewey, 83, Dawn, Mo., passed away on September 23, 2018, at the Golden Age Nursing Home, Braymer, Mo.
Services will be held at 1 p.m., October 9, at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.
Interment: The Wheeling Cemetery, Wheeling, Mo.
Joe was born on April 30, 1935, in Jefferson City, Missouri, to Mr. and Mrs. Fay and Faye (Scott) Dewey. Much of his childhood was spent in Wheeling, Missouri. Joe was a veteran who served two years in the United States Army from April 1958 to 1960 as part of the armored tank division "Hell on Wheels". Afterward, he spent many years in Alaska as a homesteader where he built several homes and worked on offshore oil rigs. Joe was a father to three children; Daniel Embree, Sarah Lundberg, and Lori Dewey, as well as grandfather to two boys; Mathew Lundberg and Logan Dewey.
Joe was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Francis Shirley, sister, Linda Elliott, and brother, Larry Dewey. Surviving siblings include June Jones, Berneta Brown, Joyce Walker, Lloyd Dewey, David Dewey, and Sandra Mallory.
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