Joe was a lifelong resident of St. Louis. He died there July 7, 2015, at age 89.

A graduate of St. Louis Country Day School, he attended Trinity College in Dublin as well as Princeton. Joe started in business as an advertising copywriter at the Boyd Co., and in 1966 became vice president of publicity and public relations.

In 1975 he joined John Barlow Interiors, becoming owner of the firm and president in 1978. He was for many years an oblate (a person living in a religious community but not bound by vows) at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary and St. Louis.

Joe is survived by three nephews, two nieces, and their families.

Undergraduate Class of 1948