The family of local icon 'Happy Joe' Whitty has announced its plans for the events honoring his life and death on Monday morning. Whitty passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 29 due to natural causes at age 82 ...

Loved ones and the community got together to celebrate the life of Joe Whitty on Saturday at Jumer’s Hotel and Casino. Whitty is the founder of Happy Joe’s. He passed away at 82-years-old on October ...

The Quad Cities community gathered for hours at two events on Saturday to honor the recent passing of local icon 'Happy Joe' Whitty. At 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, hundreds of people packed ...

Joe Whitty has faced obstacles and tragedy -- growing up poor, enduring spinal meningitis as a child, losing two wives to cancer, and losing a Colorado home to fire last year.