Joseph James Rago was born December 25, 1925. Joseph passed quietly and peacefully at home in Florida, February 27, 2025 at the age of 99 and resides in the Light of Our Heavenly Father.

He was a loving husband for 71 years to Mary Elizabeth Rago nee Mikula (deceased), nurturing father to daughter Judith Ann Pet nee Rago (deceased), and son, Joel Rago.

He was a Graduate of Illinois Benedictine College in Lyle, Illinois. He was employed as an Electrical Engineer for Motorola and Robert Bosch Corp.

Joseph served as a combat veteran stationed in Guam/Saipan aboard a B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber in the position of tail gunner, completing 14 missions.