Muscatine; two children, Angela Starkweather, of Wapello, and Joseph Starkweather Jr. and wife, Bethany, of Letts; five grandchildren, Autumn Starkweather, Jacob and Ethan Miller, Maxwell Volkl, and Barrett Starkweather; two sisters, Sheryl Snyder and husband, Darold, of Houston, Texas, and Sandra Kuhlenbeck of Muscatine; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, parents, and three nephews.