FOUNTAIN CITY – Joseph Allen Shoemaker Jr., 53, of Fountain City, died Nov. 6, 2012, in Reid Hospital. He was born March 6, 1959, in Fort Wayne, to Joseph A. and Frances Earlene Haney Shoemaker. Living most of his life in Richmond, he was a 1977 graduate of Carroll High School, Fort Wayne, and earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Indiana University in 1981. He was an attendant at Richmond State Hospital for 20 years and a manager at Heck’s Department Store and Nationwise Auto Parts. He enjoyed watching football, fishing, baseball and sports card collecting. Surviving are his brother, Bill Shoemaker (and fiancee Leslie Mick), LaGrange; his grandmother, Doris Shoemaker, Martinez, Ga.; two nephews, Darren J. and William Ryan Shoemaker; a niece, Casie Lauren Shoemaker and her daughters, MaKenzie and Morgan; cousins; and many friends, including Rod (and spouse Debbie) York, Fountain City. He was preceded in death by his parents; paternal grandfather, William S. Shoemaker; and maternal grandparents, Earl and Frances Leane Haney. Calling is from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Doan & Mills Funeral Home, 790 National Road W., Richmond. ***** Memorials may be made to Reid Hospital Foundation for the Hospice Program, 1100 Reid Parkway, Richmond, IN 47374. Condolences may be sent via www.doanmillsfuneralhome.com
