BORN MOUNDRIDGE, KANSAS, U.S.A. 5/23/1947
PASSED AWAY, SEDONA, AZ USA, 6/6/26. 79 YEARS

I CALLED HIM THE "VOICE" BECAUSE HE WAS SO DISTINCT.

"JOEL CASEY" TOOK ON THE RADIO AIR NAME IN KANSAS ( DROPPING HIS LAST NAME) IN FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS FROM RADIO TOP PERSONALITY "CASEY KASEM" HE ADMIRED. HE STARTED SMALL BUT BECAME WELL KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED AS THE ANNOUNCER FOR THE "RAZOR BACKS" FOOTBALL TEAM IN ARKANSAS. DECADES LATER WHEN HE WAS A BUS TOUR GUIDE FROM SEDONA TO THE GRAND CANYON FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, PEOPLE WOULD STILL RECOGNIZE HIS VOICE FROM THAT! VERY FUN TO BE RECOGNIZED AND HONORED THAT WAY.

JOEL WAS ALWAYS A FUNNY GUY, VERY JOVIAL FROM CHILDHOOD TO HIS LAST DAYS WHEN HE JOINED HIS SON-IN-LAW TOBIE LAVOIE, FRENCH CANADIAN, IN SEDONA IN THEIR BAND CALLED "HIM AND ME BAND" WHERE THEY PLAYED GIGS ALL OVER N. ARIZONA IN OUTDOOR EVENTS. THEY CHARMED THE CROWDS WITH FUN MUSIC FROM POP DECADES FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS AND HAD FAITHFUL FANS.

JOEL WAS MARRIED EARLY TO DONITA FOR 16 YEARS WHEN THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN: SHANE, TALINA, AND JUSTIN KREHBIEL. NOW, THEY HAVE HAD MANY FUN OFFSPRING OF GRAND AND GREAT GRAND CHILDREN WHO ALL LOVED HIM WITH THE NICK NAME AS "PIPS". HE WAS AN ENTERTAINER AT HEART ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FUN. 90% OF THE FAMILY IS STILL IN ARIZONA, NORTHERN TO CENTRAL. MOUNDRIDGE, KANSAS KREHBIEL RELATIVES HE GREW UP WITH HAVE MOSTLY PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH OR LOST TOUCH AFTER JOEL MOVED TO FLAGSTAFF, AZ IN THE 1980'S WHERE HE WAS ON POP RADIO STATION KZKZ.

HIS MOUNDRIDGE FAMILY WERE PARENTS: ANN CLEAWER (SP?) AND DELBERT "DEB" KREHBIEL, BROTHER PETER LYNN AND SISTER DEBBIE, AND 1ST WIFE DONITA ....ALL DECEASED.

JOEL WAS ALWAYS DEEPLY INTERESTED IN HIGHER SPIRITUAL LEARNING AND WAS A CONSTANT STUDENT, READER, AND WANTING TO SHARE HIS GROWING INFO. WITH ANYONE THRU HIS PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS, BOOKS, RECORDINGS, AND ENTERTAINING. FOR ABOUT 3 + YEARS EVEN MOVED TO S. CALIF. TO WORK WITH MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER TONY ROBBINS AND BECAME ONE OF HIS TOP TRAINERS. THE BIGGEST THRILL HE HAD WAS BEING INVITED TO FRIENDS IN NEW ZEALAND TO PERFORM "FIRE WALK" TRAINING SEMINARS AS TONY ROBBINS WOULD DO.

JOEL MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE CAROL HAZELETT IN 1985 TO 1995 WHERE THEY LIVED FROM FLAGSTAFF AND SEDONA AZ TO CARDIFF-BY -THE SEA, CA. . THEY HAVE BOTH REMAINED IN SEDONA FROM 1992 TO NOW 2026.

JOEL WILL BE SO MISSED BY ALL OF HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THOSE HE LOVED TO ENTERTAIN. "FLY HIGH JOEL" YOU DID A GREAT JOB. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

(WRITTEN BY HIS 2ND WIFE CAROL, HE HAS BEEN MY BEST FRIEND AND TEACHER FOR OVER 40 YEARS.)

LIFE WILL NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT HIM. "WE LOVE YOU JOEL!"