Joel Meana

Joel William Meana, age 49, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022.

Joel was born December 11, 1972 in Waterloo, Iowa to John and June Meana. He attended Waterloo East High School and graduated from Mount Home, Arkansas. He went on to attend UNI.

Joel was united in marriage to Kim Western on August 20, 2011 in Des Moines. He worked in Media Services in Direct Sales for various companies for the past 20 years. He enjoyed watching the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco 49ers and also enjoyed golfing.

Joel was an avid Golden Tee player and loved the connections with friends he made through playing. He liked gaming, movies, and collecting baseball cards. Joel loved being with his dogs, Coco, Meme, and Ellie. He was a dedicated husband and father, and he had a host of friends. Joel was thoughtful, funny and highly generous. He was an avid jokester and prankster. His sense of humor was one of his greatest traits. He did not have an angry bone in his body. He was loved by many and will be deeply missed.

He is survived by his wife, Kim Meana; children, Damien Edwards, Chrisha Edwards, and Jasmine Edwards; mother, June Meana; brother, Colin Meana; and his beloved aunts, uncles, nieces, cousins, in-laws, and friends.

Joel was preceded in death by his father, John Meana; and his dog, Luna.

There will be a celebration of life from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Truman’s Tavern, 400 SE 6th Street, Des Moines.

In lieu of flowers, live plants or memorial contributions would be preferred to the family in loving memory of Joel.

Condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.

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Jon P Baldwin

12/25/2022

Joel was a damn good soul. He was a good friend and so giving. I appreciated the time I spent with him recently. I will be forever grateful. To the Family I wish you well.

Kim Robinson

12/01/2022

I first met Joel about 15 years ago when he was a D2D rep with Mediacom. I liked him then and I always enjoying chatting with him whenever we bumped into each other over the years while living our lives.
I am much older than Joel and, like many people my age, I regularly look at the obits to see if anyone I know is on the page. It was with great sadness that today I saw Joel's obituary in the Register. Good grief, people around my age should be the only ones on those pages and definitely not someone as young, nor as pleasant a person, as Joel.
Rest in peace my friend.