Fred A. Joel

AUBURN-Fred A. Joel,64, of Auburn passed away Wednesday, May 28 in UMASS Medical Center.

He leaves his wife of 23-years, Karen L. Essex; His mother in law Astrid Essex, a stepson, Zachariah Mikkila of Leicester; six siblings and their spouses, Roy Joel, Vern Joel, Miron Joel, Martin Joel, Linda Kral and Marian Kamm, all of Minnesota. He also leaves many nieces and nephews. He also leaves his two dogs Ember and Scout whom he adored. He was born in New Ulm, MN son of LeRoy M. and Verna H. (Hartmann) Joel.

Fred worked in customer service for the last seven years at Tasse’s Fuel, prior to that he worked 24 years for the Granite Group, as an outside salesman.

Fred loved being outdoors, hunting and fishing, or just relaxing on his front porch. He also enjoyed playing cards and up, until a few years ago used to love riding his motorcycle.

He was loved by so many and will be greatly missed.

Visiting Hours are Tuesday, June 3 from 12pm to 1:30pm with a Prayer Service to follow at 1:30pm in Callahan Fay Caswell Funeral Home, 61 Myrtle St. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at www.stjude.org or to Tunnel to Towers Foundation at wwwt2t.org