Joseph W. Baddick, 63 years of age, of Tuscarora, Pennsylvania passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at St. Luke's Carbon Campus in Lehighton, Pennsylvania.
Born Saturday, February 21, 1959 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania the son of Victor D. Baddick, and the late Mary Patricia (Coleman) Baddick. Joe was also predeceased by; brothers, John J., and Mark V. Baddick..
Surviving are brother, Victor W. Baddick of Tamaqua; numerous nieces; nephews. great nieces and nephews; sister-in-laws, Mary Ann Baddick, Elizabeth Bassler.
A 1977 graduate of Marian Catholic High School, Joe joined his father in operating BL Drilling of Tamaqua. Joe was a member of the Boilermakers Union Local #17, and had worked on the construction of the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant. Joe had served as the former Chief of the Tuscarora Fire Co., and was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed deer season at the family cabin on the North Ward Mountain in Tamaqua.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to the E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. of 655 East Broad Street Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252 (570) 668-2550
A Mass of Christian Burial be celebrated on Tuesday September 13, 2022 at 11 o'clock A.M. from St. John XXIII R.C.C. located at 307 Pine Street Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252.
The family will receive friends from the funeral home on Monday evening September 12, 2022 from 6 to 8:00 P.M.
Interment will be in St. Bertha's R.C.C. Cemetery, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania.
Memorials in his name to:
Tuscarora Fire Company
301 Mulberry Street
Tuscarora, Pennsylvania 17982
Online condolences may be made to the family at
www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com