Joseph F. Maize, 77, of 317 James Street, Dover, Ohio, died Friday, February 13, 1998, in Union Hospital, following an apparent heart attack. Mr. Maize retired in 1983 as a civil engineer for the Ohio Deptartment of Transportation (ODOT), where he worked for 33 years. He was a 1939 graduate of Jefferson High School in Jefferson, and received his civil engineering degree from West Virginia University in Morgantown in 1950. Mr. Maize was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, serving as a motor machinist first class aboard PT Boat 217. He received the Victory Medal, American Campaign, Asiatic Pacific, Navy and Marine Corps, European-African-Mideast and Good Conduct Medals. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in New Philadelphia, life member of Dovers Elks Lodge and participated in the golf league. He was a former bowler and enjoyed golf, building model boats and gardening. Surviving is his wife, Madolyn Louise Wood Maize, with whom he would have celebrated 50 years of marriage on June 16. Also surviving are two sons, Jaf B. Smith Maize and Brian "Gil" Maize, both of Dover; three grandchildren, Amber Nycole, Seth Gilmore and Shane Joseph Maize; a brother, Ramon Maize of Dover; a sister, Virginia Warren of Chandler, Ariz.; an adopted brother, John Shimo of Florida; and several nieces and nephews. Deceased are four brothers, John, Richard, Donald and Robert Maize. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Saturday, February 14, 1998Joseph F. Maize
Engineer with Ohio's transportation department
He was born December 7, 1920, in Langeloth, a son of John and Mary Sokol Maize.