Joe was born on August 11th, 1932 in Seneca, Kansas the son of Ben and Lucy Deters. Ben Deters was born in 1892 in Osterfeine, Germany and came to America in 1902 with his family to become farmers. Lucy was born in Centralia, Kansas in 1905. Joe is the fourth of twelve kids starting with Bernice, Robert who later became Father Henry, Mildred, Dorus Joe, Gregory, Audrey, Marvin, Mary, Benny, Francis, Shirley and then Joseph.
When Joe was in his late teens he desired to move to the city and found employment in Kansas City working as an aircraft mechanic for TWA, an assembly line worker for General Motors, a semi truck mechanic for Phillips 66 and a bus mechanic for Kansas City Area Transit Authority among other jobs he had in his life. Joe however never lost the desire to be a farmer and had 80 acres of property in Missouri to take care of and enjoy.
Joe was a very skilled mechanic and he never failed to help others when they needed him for whatever issue their car had. He often would help others before he would take care of his own problems. He was an unselfish man who often donated to the church with his time and money. Joe would study the bible and understood that helping others was something he was good at doing and was his calling in life.
Joe and Jean met at Redemptorist Church at a dance and married on October 3rd, 1959. They had three children starting with Margaret, Dorothy and then Joe. Margaret is married to Mark and has two children, Valerie and Jimmy. Dorothy is married to Bob and has no children. Joe is married to Kim with no children. Jean passed away on October 21st, 2010.
Joe suffered a number of ailments in his life before his passing.
Joe's family would like to thank everyone for their prayers, love and support during this time.