On September 7, 2025, Joseph Stanley Boddiford, Jr., passed away peacefully at his home in Timonium, MD, surrounded by his loving family.

Joe was born in September 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up in Parkville-Carney and attended Calvert Hall College. Following his graduation, Joe enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, completing training at Parris Island, South Carolina. After his military service, he entered the electrical contracting industry, later founding Lee's Electrical Contracting in 1979.

Joe was deeply passionate about the electrical industry. He served in various leadership positions with the Maryland Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), including President from 1990-1993. His commitment to excellence in apprenticeship training led him to serve on the Baltimore Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC) for over a decade, many years as Chairman. During this time, he worked closely with IBEW Local 24 and NECA, helping secure a new training facility for the Baltimore JATC, the same facility that stands today.

In recognition of his lifelong dedication to the trade and his leadership in advancing apprenticeship programs, Joe was inducted into the NECA Academy of Electrical Contracting in 2012, one of the highest honors in the electrical construction industry.

Joe shared 65 years together with his devoted wife, Anne Louise Boddiford (nee Mosmiller). Joe was a proud father to Joseph S. Boddiford III and his wife Bridget, John M. Boddiford and his wife Susan, and Anne B. Paulshock and her husband William; loving grandfather to Alexander Boddiford (April), Elizabeth Klein and her husband David, Meredith Boddiford (Coby) John Paul Boddiford (Annabel), John Philip Goska (Rama), Taylor Goska (Christian), Blake and Chase Boddiford; cherished great-grandfather to Emerson, Everett, and Joseph Klein. Joe is survived by his siblings Toni Julian, Robert Boddiford, and his wife Janet, Carol Valandingham, and predeceased by Mary Butt.

Friends may visit the Ruck-Towson Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 York Road (Beltway Exit 26) on Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 2-4 and 6-8 PM. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. John the Evangelist Church, 13305 Long Green Pike, Hydes, MD 21082, on Friday, September 19, 2025, at 9:30 AM. The interment will follow at the church cemetery.

The family respectfully requests donation's in Joe's memory to the following organizations: Calvert Hall College, 8102 La Salle Road, Towson, MD 21286 or www.CalvertHall.com/giving and IBEW Local 24 Union Scholarship Fund, 2701 West Patapsco Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230 or call (410) 247-5511.