Joe Aaron Sims

JOE AARON SIMS, JR AUGUST 13, 1931 – FEBRUARY 5, 2022 Joe Aaron Sims, Jr. was born in Danville, Illinois on August 13, 1931, to Joe Sims Sr. and Samantha Griggs. He graduated from Danville High School, class of 1948. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Army on January 8, 1954, at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Joe served overseas in the Vietnam War. He achieved the rank of Corporal and was honorably discharged in Fort Riley, Kansas in the late 1950s. Joe was a Christian and lifelong member of Second Baptist Church in Junction City, Kansas. Joe loved sports, most of all the Kansas City Chiefs, and could often be found enjoying football or baseball. He also loved jazz. Some of his favorite musicians were John Coltrane, Erroll Garner, and Billie Holiday, just to name a few. Joe was a prankster and loved to hold long conversations. With his quick wit, embellished songs, and sly remarks, he kept everyone around him laughing. He will be most remembered for teaching his grandchildren how to drive, driving his grandchildren and great-grandchildren around, and being a listening ear. The love of Joe’s life was Margaret Stewart Sims and the two shared more than sixty loving years together as friends, then life partners, which led to husband and wife. We will never forget his endearing term of “Honeybun”, for his loving wife. In addition to his parents, Joe was predeceased by a sister Margaret Sims and his wife, Margaret Stewart Sims. He has a host of blended family members and friends from many parts of the world to cherish his memory and continue his legacy of love and laughter. A wake for Joe’s family and friends will be held Monday, February 14 from 5-7 p.m. at Carlson’s Irvin Parkview Funeral Home, 1317 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502. A graveside service will be held at the US Veterans Cemetery in Ogden, Kansas at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Those who wish to pay respects to Joe in a special way may make gifts in his memory to the Alzheimer’s Association.