BRANDON, VT. - Joseph "Joe" Edward Whalen, age 82, of Brandon, passed away on Thursday, March 7th 2019 at the Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland, Vt. one day before his 83rd birthday.
He was born on Sunday, March 8th 1936 in Rutland, Vt., he was the son of Thomas Edward and Mary Anna (Bottamini) Whalen.
He was a romantic and a dreamer, a bookish intellect, a military veteran, and lifelong democrat. Also, and importantly, he held a deep faith and was a member of the Catholic Church. And while he lived a quiet life in a small Vermont town, he had the soul of an artist and adventurer. He considered buying a Porsche and touring the country, but in the end was content to spend Sunday afternoons with the New York Times.
He wrote poetry, learned salsa dancing, just this winter tried yoga, and also spent many days at the coffee shop, and many evenings at the Center Street Bar (as he imagined Hemingway would have done) discussing the latest town gossip. He loved football and Fitzgerald, golf and Glenn Miller, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Dickens, and the New York Yankees.
Jojo was an Educator his entire working life. He began his career in Sudbury, Vt., teaching grades K-12 in a one-room schoolhouse. Later, he taught English, theater, and (believe it or not) driver’s ed, in high school.
Once retired from public school, he taught for many years at several local colleges. He did work as a Principal and a Dean, but was most happy in the classroom, prancing about, arms waving, voice rising to fever pitch, sharing with his students his love of literature, poetry, and film.
Arrangements by the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home on 26 Franklin Street in Brandon, Vt.
A private graveside committal service and burial will take place at a later date in the family lot at the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Brandon, Vt.
He was born on Sunday, March 8th 1936 in Rutland, Vt., he was the son of Thomas Edward and Mary Anna (Bottamini) Whalen.
He was a romantic and a dreamer, a bookish intellect, a military veteran, and lifelong democrat. Also, and importantly, he held a deep faith and was a member of the Catholic Church. And while he lived a quiet life in a small Vermont town, he had the soul of an artist and adventurer. He considered buying a Porsche and touring the country, but in the end was content to spend Sunday afternoons with the New York Times.
He wrote poetry, learned salsa dancing, just this winter tried yoga, and also spent many days at the coffee shop, and many evenings at the Center Street Bar (as he imagined Hemingway would have done) discussing the latest town gossip. He loved football and Fitzgerald, golf and Glenn Miller, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Dickens, and the New York Yankees.
Jojo was an Educator his entire working life. He began his career in Sudbury, Vt., teaching grades K-12 in a one-room schoolhouse. Later, he taught English, theater, and (believe it or not) driver’s ed, in high school.
Once retired from public school, he taught for many years at several local colleges. He did work as a Principal and a Dean, but was most happy in the classroom, prancing about, arms waving, voice rising to fever pitch, sharing with his students his love of literature, poetry, and film.
Arrangements by the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home on 26 Franklin Street in Brandon, Vt.
A private graveside committal service and burial will take place at a later date in the family lot at the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Brandon, Vt.
BRANDON, VT. - Joseph "Joe" Edward Whalen, age 82, of Brandon, passed away on Thursday, March 7th 2019 at the Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland, Vt. one day before his 83rd birthday.
He was born on Sunday, March 8th 1936 in Rutland, Vt., he was the son of Thomas Edward and Mary Anna (Bottamini) Whalen.
He was a romantic and a dreamer, a bookish intellect, a military veteran, and lifelong democrat. Also, and importantly, he held a deep faith and was a member of the Catholic Church. And while he lived a quiet life in a small Vermont town, he had the soul of an artist and adventurer. He considered buying a Porsche and touring the country, but in the end was content to spend Sunday afternoons with the New York Times.
He wrote poetry, learned salsa dancing, just this winter tried yoga, and also spent many days at the coffee shop, and many evenings at the Center Street Bar (as he imagined Hemingway would have done) discussing the latest town gossip. He loved football and Fitzgerald, golf and Glenn Miller, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Dickens, and the New York Yankees.
Jojo was an Educator his entire working life. He began his career in Sudbury, Vt., teaching grades K-12 in a one-room schoolhouse. Later, he taught English, theater, and (believe it or not) driver’s ed, in high school.
Once retired from public school, he taught for many years at several local colleges. He did work as a Principal and a Dean, but was most happy in the classroom, prancing about, arms waving, voice rising to fever pitch, sharing with his students his love of literature, poetry, and film.
Arrangements by the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home on 26 Franklin Street in Brandon, Vt.
A private graveside committal service and burial will take place at a later date in the family lot at the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Brandon, Vt.
He was born on Sunday, March 8th 1936 in Rutland, Vt., he was the son of Thomas Edward and Mary Anna (Bottamini) Whalen.
He was a romantic and a dreamer, a bookish intellect, a military veteran, and lifelong democrat. Also, and importantly, he held a deep faith and was a member of the Catholic Church. And while he lived a quiet life in a small Vermont town, he had the soul of an artist and adventurer. He considered buying a Porsche and touring the country, but in the end was content to spend Sunday afternoons with the New York Times.
He wrote poetry, learned salsa dancing, just this winter tried yoga, and also spent many days at the coffee shop, and many evenings at the Center Street Bar (as he imagined Hemingway would have done) discussing the latest town gossip. He loved football and Fitzgerald, golf and Glenn Miller, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Dickens, and the New York Yankees.
Jojo was an Educator his entire working life. He began his career in Sudbury, Vt., teaching grades K-12 in a one-room schoolhouse. Later, he taught English, theater, and (believe it or not) driver’s ed, in high school.
Once retired from public school, he taught for many years at several local colleges. He did work as a Principal and a Dean, but was most happy in the classroom, prancing about, arms waving, voice rising to fever pitch, sharing with his students his love of literature, poetry, and film.
Arrangements by the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home on 26 Franklin Street in Brandon, Vt.
A private graveside committal service and burial will take place at a later date in the family lot at the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Brandon, Vt.
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