Charles ‘Chuck’ Joanis / Jan. 4, 1937-Aug. 18, 2008
Niles Daily Star, Published 2:31 am Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Charles "Chuck" Joanis, 71, of Mobile Boulevard, Niles, died at 2:20 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at Lakeland Community Hospital, Niles, following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with Scott Labbe, chaplain of Lakeland Hospice, officiating. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the funeral home.
He was born on Jan. 4, 1937, in Bemidji, Minn. to Charles Arthur Joanis, Sr. and Eleanor Dorothy Mills.
He graduated from Dowagiac High School and moved to Niles in 1976.
He retired from Michiana Box &Crate in Niles after 50 years of service. Joanis was a member of the Army National Guard of Michigan-246 Armor of Dowagiac, Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge No. 978 in Niles and Faternal Order of the Eagles No. 2094 in Niles.
He enjoyed playing golf, playing mostly at Plym Park, bowling Sunday nights at Whites, darts, NASCAR, football, both college and professional and doing home repairs. He enjoyed spending time with family, including his grandchildren. He was a caregiver for his sister.
On May 20, 1979, in Niles, he married Shirley (Lane) Joanis, who survives. Additional surviving family include three sons, Jerry (Nikki) Joanis of Saint Joseph, Mike Colcord of Elkhart, Ind. and Timothy Colcord of Niles; two daughters, Pam (Chris) Thomas of Niles and Lorrie Colcord of Niles; Nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Delia Shorts of Niles and two brothers, Ronald Joanis of Dowagiac and James Joanis of Edwardsburg. He was preceded death by a daughter, Kathy Kozlowski, who died Feb. 10, 2005; a granddaughter, Tiffany Colcord and grandson, Chase Kozlowski, who both died in infancy; two sisters, Jane Latimer and Yvonne Reist and a brother, Dwayne Joanis. Memorials may be made to the donor's choice. Arrangements were by Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.
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