Joseph Hardin, Sr.

Joseph Grady Hardin Sr., 96, of Erlanger, passed away Saturday January 25, 2020 at St. Elizabeth Hospice, Edgewood.

He was a World War II Navy veteran and retired from Sawbrook Steel Casting Company in Cincinnati.

He was preceded in death by wife, Mary Lou Rose Hardin; son, Joseph G. (Joey) Hardin Jr.; grandson Ronald Paynter Jr; and parents, Thomas G. and Bertie Engle Hardin.

Survivors include daughter, Vivian (Ron) Paynter; cousins, Patricia (Ron) Ivey; caregiver, Joyce Palmer; and a host of good friends and neighbors.

Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Erlanger. Visitation is Wednesday February 5, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Entombment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Erlanger.

Memorials are suggested to Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly, 5530 Colerain Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45239 or Knights of Columbus #14993, c/o Mary Queen of Heaven Church, 1150 Donaldson Hwy, Erlanger, KY 41018.