Joseph Frank Linnert

Joseph Frank Linnert gained his wings on 4/25/22. He was born on 11/29/43 to his mother Mabel and father Joseph and is preceded in death by his siblings Roland Sander, Don Sander, Jerry Linnert, Jackie Linnert and Carol Niebauer. He was born in Chicago, IL and while growing up in a large family with many cousins close in age, along with his brothers, “Joe” was always busy and worked with his hands. He entered the trades and worked as an electrician and welder on many construction and high rise projects in and around downtown Chicago. A blind date changed his life when he met Jan. When she graduated nursing school, they married in 1966.

They had two daughters, Lorraine and Rachel (Mark) and in 1975, they moved to Las Vegas, NV. Joe worked in laundries and casinos as an Operating Engineer but in 1981, he made a career change and took over as the apprenticeship coordinator for Local 501. Here he worked with so many engineers and jump started the careers of so many more. His accomplishments as coordinator are too long to list here but at his retirement in May, 2000, the school was named The Joseph F Linnert Training Center of Southern Nevada IUOE Local 501 in his honor.

After his retirement, Joe continued to tinker at home and at their cabin in Utah. He still loved to fish and spend time with friends or work on a project. People would always say “it isn’t really unfixable unless Joe says it can’t be fixed.” He spent many afternoons on the patio with Snickers, their dog, who was his constant companion and his final projects’ apprentice.

You would be hard pressed to find anyone with a bad word to say about Joe. Things like “nicest guy in the world”, “would give you the shirt off his back” and “would help anyone with anything he could” were very common, but although he always worked very hard, he loved even more. Spending time with friends, his family, but most of all his wife, Jan. True partners in everything, whether they were fixing something at home, building the cabin in Utah, or fishing together on the lake. Although he had slowed down in recent years, he always loved spending time with “his girls”. He will be remembered for his problem solving, conduit bending, never ending patience while teaching, all the careers and lives he touched, a true and honest friend with the best stories and a heart of gold, a smart and fun papa who always made time for his three grandkids and three great grandkids, a loving and caring father who never forgot his daughters even in times of trouble, and a husband of 56 years to a wife who knows love has no end.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.palmnorthwest.com for the Linnert family.