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Joey Carstenson, JoeyEA - You Will Be Missed

By: Jennifer A. Thieme
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:25:24
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Joey Carstensen passed away on October 26, 2006. A resident of Delray Beach, Florida, she is survived by her mother, Ardean Bradfield, her two sons, Steve and Ted, and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim.

Funeral services were held on November 2, 2006, at the Dorsey E. Earl Smith Memory Gardens Funeral Home, in Lake Worth, Florida. Graveside services followed at Lake Worth Memory Gardens.

Using the screen name JoeyEA (or joeyea), she was a frequent contributor on several online accounting forums, including the QuickBooks Community forums, where she had almost 2,500 posts. On another accounting forum, quickbooksusers.com, she had over 6,200 posts.

Joey was an Enrolled Agent, a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, and a Professional Tax accountant. Her business, Carstenson Accounting Services, started in 1989. She worked in the accounting profession for over 25 years, and served as as Technical Editor for the popular QuickBooks for Dummies books, by Stephen L. Nelson.

As news spread of her passing, many people in the online accounting community expressed shock and sadness. For those who frequent the online accounting forums, JoeyEA was a respected and well-recognized name. Lisa Peterson, of Streamline Consulting Inc., expressed a sentiment felt by many others:

"There are so many times when I deferred to her tax goddess wisdom, and just recently there have been a couple times where I said to myself, 'I wish Joey would chime in here.' She was an AMAZING giver of her time and knowledge. Seems like even during tax time, she made time to help people out here. Funny how I can miss someone I've never met."

Joey's desire to help people was clearly conveyed by the sheer volume of posts on the accounting forums. Her gentle tone was evident as well. One colleague, ScottK (screen name QuickBooks Guy), wrote of Joey:

"I remember her telling me that she was grateful for the Internet because it enabled her to help others from a distance, as well as be part of a community. It enabled her to help others because she liked to help them, and because she liked the interaction with others."

Not only was she known for helping people with her knowledge of accounting and taxation, Joey was also known for her sense of humor. Here are a few things people have said:

"She seemed to be all business, but she had the best wit and sense of humor, and loved to share it!"
"Joey was always giving the best advice with good humour and endless patience."
"She was always ready with a good joke."
"She sent me some of the best jokes via email I ever received."

Joey's obituary appeared in the Palm Beach Post. Read it here:

http://www.legacy.com/PalmBeachPost/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=19792171

Joey's family has established an online guest book. This is a perfect opportunity for all of us here, in the online community, to let Joey's family how much we appreciated her. If you knew Joey, or if you were helped in any way by her online posts, won't please take a moment to sign the guest book? It will mean a lot to her family. It will only be available for a limited time:

http://www.legacy.com/PalmBeachPost/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=19792171

Thanks for all you did Joey. You will be missed.

If you would like to contact Joey Carstenson's family, visit http://www.jenniferthieme.com and send Jennifer an email. She will forward it to Joey's family.

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