Funeral services are at 10:30 a.m. on July 27, 2017, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, also at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the family to be designated at a later date. For condolences or questions please visit: www.mitchellfh.com. Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Joseph and his family. Phone 641-844-1234.

Joseph Eugene Bramhall was born on August 2, 1938, in Des Moines, Iowa; he was the son of Lester and Margaret (Kline) Bramhall. Joe attended school in the Des Moines School District and graduated from Des Moines Technical High in 1956. Joe served his country honorably in the United States Air Force from 1956 until 1961. He was united in marriage to the love of his life Charlotte Pearson in Marshalltown, where they called home. Joe had worked as a Machinist for Fisher Controls and retired after 40 plus years of employment. He enjoyed traveling the United States, attending airshows, reading, history and his family.

Left to cherish his memory is his sons, Joseph (Stacey) Bramhall of Manhattan, New York, and Eric Bramhall of Marshalltown, and step-brother, Rollie Bramhall of Des Moines.

In death Joe rejoins his parents, Lester and Margaret, wife Charlotte (1975), and sister, Patricia McCoic