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Richard “Joe” Jedele, age 62, passed away suddenly on December 17, 2020 at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI, following a very brief illness. He was born June 13, 1958 in Ann Arbor, MI, the son of LeRoy H. and Irene S. (Kruger) Jedele. On November 11, 2006, he married Dona (Hertler) Vershum; and she survives.
Joe had a life-long love of farming, starting on his Jedele grandparents’ farm at a very young age. This experience got him started on tractor pulling, and he proudly pulled the “Smokin’ Joe” Massey Ferguson in Pro Stock pulls across Michigan and northern Ohio for many years. He gave up tractor pulling when he had the opportunity to buy his Kruger grandparents’ farm and happily worked the land full-time upon retiring from the Washtenaw County Road Commission in 2018 after more than 20 years of service. Joe had also worked for Gross Farm Equipment and Niethammer Trucking earlier in his career.
Surviving, in addition to his wife Dona, are her children, Kevin (Carrie) Vershum and Kelli (Todd) Pollard; their treasured grandchildren, Noah, Jonah, Addyson, Henry and Grace; his mother, Irene Jedele; two sisters, Karen (Rob) Mills and Marie (Doug) Bowker; three brothers, Roger (JoAnn) Jedele, Keith Jedele, and Gary (Judy) Jedele; and many nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Joe was preceded in death by his father, LeRoy Jedele, in 1997.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Joe’s name may be made to Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church 7474 Scio Church Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 or to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society https://donate.lls.org/lls/donate. Funeral services will be held privately. A service will be viewable via livestream on Monday, December 21, 2020. You can watch the service starting at 10:50 A.M. by visiting the Church’s Facebook page by clicking https://www.facebook.com/events/437063374126704/ or on YouTube by clicking https://youtu.be/Hm7Xu9Ea1_k To sign Joe’s guestbook or to leave a memory please visit www.rbfhsaline.com.
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This is outstanding news for the Saline Community!
Best burger goes to Droptop pizza. No doubt about it . Dan’s is not what it used to be and the food is not award worthy. Need some new judges.
It's a voting thing, not a judging thing.
Dan's burger has never treated me wrong. And I like the DropTop burger too.I would never put down someone else's burger, though. I might say someone else has a better one.
Like, I like the Jet's Pizza. But to me, that's a DropTop prize.
These awards are voted by the PEOPLE...not a committee of judges. The people of Saline and Saline area voted for these businesses. I have never had a bad meal at Dan's Downtown Tavern and if something wasn't right I know that it would be corrected. Plus I have had Drop Tops pizza and I found it to be quite good.
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While I have some empathy for the family I would bet the proverbial farm that their ancestors would not like it to be rezoned. Disappearing farm land is a national problem not just local.
Agreed. It’s their land and can do as they wish but it’s just a bummer