Joseph Edward Hester

Joseph E. Hester of Crittenden, KY was born June 23, 1947 in Grant County, KY and died Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at his residence at the age of 72.

He was the son of the late Francis Eugene and Nell Marie Redding Hester and a US Army Veteran, and a retired fork lift operator for Gates Rubber Co. in Florence, KY.

Surviving is 2 sons, Tim (Ashlee) Kleisinger of Hebron and Brian Hester of Norwood, OH, 3 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, 1 brother, Fred E. Hester of Walton, and 2sisters, Pauline Bowman of Highland Heights, KY and Sallie Lancaster of Dry Ridge, KY.

Funeral services will be 11:00am Friday, March 6, 2020 at the Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona, KY followed by burial in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North. Visitation will be 9:00-11:00am Friday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to: The Fred Hester KEA Retired Scholarship Fund.