Visitation and Celebration of life for Joe Vincent Mullen, 80, of Anita, will be held at the Casey Community Center on Friday, Nov. 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. Please join us to laugh, smile, swap stories, and eat Joe’s favorite food: ice cream and chocolate chip cookies. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, 2 p.m. at the Adair Presbyterian Church. A private interment will be held where he will be put to rest at the Evergreen Cemetery in Anita near his late grandson, Callyn Scott Vincent Pollock.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years: Yvonne C. Mullen, of West Des Moines; Colleen Conrad (Corey), West Des Moines; Shannon Haus (John), of Adair; Elizabeth Turner (Stephen) of Omaha; and grandchildren: Ethan Pollock, of Anita; Kaleigh Haus, of Des Moines; Collin Turner, of St. Paul, MN.; Madelyn Turner, of Omaha; Camryn and Carley Conrad, of West Des Moines.

Memorials will be given to Powell 3 Oncology Department of Iowa Methodist Medical Center or the Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL), as Joe adored his many dogs, including two rescues, through the years.

Funeral arrangements are handled by the staff of Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Adair, IA.