Pat & Family
So sorry about Joe may you get some comfort from that fact the Joe is now in heaven with some of the best freinds he has not seen in a long time. I know that my dad (Kenny Engle) is waiting for him to take him on a road trip. I remember him from our afternoons @ the Band Club, what a great time we all had.  He now has no pain and is @ peace.
Kim Engle Bausher (timkim426@comcast.net)

So sorry to hear of Joe's passing.  I enjoyed my many years working with Joe at Chesapeake Jaguar and keeping in touch with him over the years.  He was such a warm and caring person.  Please accept my deepest condolences to you and your family.

Dave Watkins and Family
daveandcandy@comcast.net

My deepest sympathies go out to Joe's family, wife, children, father and brothers.  Words cannot express the sorrow I feel in knowing of his death.  My sister and I have known Joe since we were in St Joseph's School and growing up on the "Hill" together.  My husband, Howell, who died last year, and Joe were great friends and "Motor Heads" in High School and beyond.  Joe was my daughter, Laura's, Godfather.  It has been many years since we were in touch but the memories of time spent in Joe's company are happy ones of youth and good times.  May you find peace and comfort with your memories of Joe.
Sincerely,
The Ronck sisters, Monica Hatton and Susan Beck

Dear Margaret and Joe,
 
  I am sorry that I was unable to attend your Father's Celebration of Life.  He was a good man and a great friend.  Give my best to your Mother and Pat.  Take care of each other.

Jon Reidenbaugh

I was startled and saddened to receive that dreadful phone call from Pat letting me know of Joe's passing. I was just with him the week before, talking about cars, family, and life in general, the things I know he enjoyed reminiscing about. Knowing Joe since I was teenager and keeping in touch over the years, I know it gave him great pleasure to see how my brother Michael, sister Tania, and I, matured into adulthood, experiencing life's trials and tribulations, safely without being injured in some freak accident or being plagued with illness as he was towards the end of his own life. It pained me to see him deal with the issues he had to deal with, staying where he was staying, with the stench of illness and death all around him, everyday and every hour. He was better than that. His mind was knowledgeable of great, interesting things that we enjoyed talking about for hours, cars, engines, machines, how to fix things, understanding why things break, and why things last. Language as well. That was Joe. A renaissance man. I know he is in a better place helping those understand how things work, and why things don't. I felt on the days visiting him that he had an innate wanting another person well, as he had wished that person would have wanted him well. Whether it being in this life or the next. And he knew his day would come eventually. And I know he would not want us to cry in vain over his passing, but rejoice in a new life and a new beginning. I know he is driving a Lamborghini some where! Stay well Joe, I will miss you always.

My sincerest condolences,
John Palumbo

I was a customer of Joe's long ago. I had a Lotus Europa and as Joe also had one, I figured he was the guy to be my mechanic.  He really cared about the car and he really cared about the customer.  I remember him telling me that if it looked like I was going to hit something, that I should quickly pull my feet up!  I knew absolutely nothing about cars back then.

I called Joe once to report a serious handling problem with the Lotus. He listened intently and told me not to drive it; rather he'd come out and look at it in my garage in back of N. Duke Street.  He checked it out and said I could drive it, very slowly, over to his shop on Columbia Ave.  I thought that showed extraordinary concern for my well-being.  I was embarrassed to tell him that the suspension link had broken during a track day at Bridgehampton and that I'd driven it back home from Long Island in the rain.

I didn't know Joe well but he probably saved my butt more than I know by caring about the car and caring about his customers.  God speed, Joe Ulrich.
 - Jim Kearney    

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