Joe Wesley died on August 29. Joe was the Rev. Alice Blair Wesley’s husband, the father of Becky Bell-Wesley and Hope Wesley Harrison, and the grandfather of their four sons. Joe was an able and conscientious engineer, engineering manager, and environmentalist for the DuPont Company. He subsidized his wife’s ministry in the Unitarian Universalist Association for twenty years, plus another ten years of her writing and lectures.

Joe had a beautiful baritone voice. He sang in choirs and played guitar in many a church service. He repaired church buildings and built church furniture. He was much beloved in his and Alice’s Seattle retirement community for his ready smile, his sense of humor, the stories of his Kentucky upbringing, and the countless repairs he made in the woodshop for other residents. He was a prince.

A more complete obituary will be forthcoming after biographical research has been completed. If any readers wish to contribute information or reminiscences, we would welcome them. Please send them to (include only relevant person) UURMaPA’s partner obituary editor, Eleanor Richardson, grandmoot@aol.com.